Author Archives: Piers Barnes-Sherwood

Since it’s Memorial Day here in the USA and a Bank Holiday back home I reckon I deserve to do nothing at all today, so I didn’t. Well, unless you count lying on a beach before popping into a local … Continue reading →

Confusing as today’s title may be, Florida is apparently not really considered to be a part of the Deep South, so by flying north-west I ended up in the South, if you see what I mean. Atlanta, to be precise, … Continue reading →

I arrived at the yard today to find that Odyssey has now taken on the appearance of a real blue-water cruiser. Her transom (the blunt end) now sports a rather fabulous new Monitor wind-vane self-steering gear. I’ve droned on about … Continue reading →

I forgot to mention in my last entry that today I became an evil murderer on a rampage of death and destruction. You may remember that I’d never tripped over a dead turtle till the other day, and I’d never … Continue reading →

Odyssey finally came out of the water yesterday, Tuesday. She’s now safely in the yard with no masts, so we can finally get to grips with all the stuff that needs doing. The team here at Pier Seventeen is great … Continue reading →

Today dawned bright and clear as the day of Odyssey’s conversion from sail to power. I arrived at the dock to find Rick (the rigger) and Cap’n Lyle (the dockmaster) ready and waiting to move the boat round the corner … Continue reading →

Saturday was the ideal day for me with a combination of boats, beaches and clubs. I spent the morning working on Odyssey, finishing up some of the DC circuitry and making lists of other stuff to do. When it started … Continue reading →

As I feared in my last entry I’ve been far too busy working on Odyssey to do much else this week and have fallen into a new routine: 0700: Woken by Commander Worf announcing “Captain… incoming message” 0730: Finally drag … Continue reading →

Today was the day when the true scale of my mission began to sink in. I spent the morning doing what I should have done on Saturday, and tried to get the sails off the masts. Things didn’t start well … Continue reading →

After all the exertion of Saturday I decided I needed a break so spent the entire day on the beach topping up my tan. I can safely say I’ve never tripped over a dead turtle before, at least until today … Continue reading →