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Captain's Log
The blog formerly
known as Notes from the Poopdeck -A periodic, sometimes monthly, account of the
Adventures of Arabella and her crew, mostly designed for family and friends.
Almost Thanksgiving
11/21/09
So not a whole lot of exciting things have happened
since September, hence the lack of updates here from the desk of the ?ole
webcaptain. We have been quietly
working on money-making schemes of various types, remembering what it is like to
work for things that we want. Our
efforts to stimulate the local economy by spending like a drunken sailor have
had the desired result, though, since we just heard the recession is now
officially over in Oregon. It was
lots of work, but we pulled it off.
Unfortunately, now we?re pretty tapped out, and the boat is going to have to go.
It will be listed at $125K Australian, which would leave us almost even
after commissions and taxes are all paid, along with plane fares etc etc etc.
It?s looking like we?ll be heading back downunder mid
January as planned, and hopefully returning within a month or so if she sells
quickly. There is some family
business that will require our presence, and the Koi Ranch has become a
full-time operation, what with spring branding, mending fences, and tending the
herd.
The blog will continue until the boat sells, and
we?ll relate the whole process here, but after that I?m afraid it will be
getting pretty boring until we begin our next sailing adventures, perhaps in a
trailerable ?yacht? that we can sail upwind at 60 mph on the interstate.
So it?s back to filling out spec sheets, planning for
our departure, and preparing to do major cosmetic work once we return to
Arabella. Oh, yeah, and trying to
figure out how to pay for everything, minor detail.
Seaya next time,
Mike and Barb
Previous logs and pix
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