Author: jimonterrapin

May 20, 2021 Anchored near Ft. Peirce, where there were 40+ knot winds blowing and a large sailboat anchored so they the about 50 yards from me. Luckily all anchors held. The morning still saw 20+ winds and didn’t think I wanted to try and pull the anchor with my close friends nearby. I cooked […]

I left Wednesday, May 19 for my trip North and anchored in Ft. Pierce FL. As I expected the first day was a little rough. There were strong winds that challenged my captain skills and only embarrassed my self a couple of times. The first was passing a tug and was over-correcting my steering so […]

I am no longer waiting for a haul-out. Not gonna happen. Yacht Tech, who is working on my boat, said the boat yards are backed up with no end in sight. I talked to some others and this seems to be the case. So, on to plan b, c, whatever. I had the boat detailed […]

A home for my home away from home. I have been staying at The Bluffs marina since the beginning of the year. It is a “Dockominium” marina so it is a little different from my limited experience with other marinas. Not quite the amenities or atmosphere of other marinas but much, much better. At least […]

I was told the hull color looked like “celadon” with color code #ACE1AF. I have it on good authority, the former owners who painted the hull, it is actually Sherwin Williams “great green SW 6430” with color code #abb486. If you are going to paint your boat, house, car, whatever and wanted to know, now […]

Oh boy, my first BLOG post! I closed on Terrapin on December 15, 2020 and moved on board at the end of December. I hired an awesome training captain, Bernie Francis, who moved Terrapin to The Bluffs marina in Jupiter on the 30th. I thought this was going to be pretty straight forward. Get trained, […]