More changes, items for sale

I just returned from my annual vacation to the San Juan Islands. It was a great trip, lots of fun and a very interesting experience; I plan to add a few posts about it soon.

During the trip, I had a lot of time to think, and plan, and I have decided to move off my boat.

Why?

Logistics. When I moved onto the boat, I was working in Salem at a job that required one round-trip commute every six days. Now, I find myself working (hopefully a lot) in Portland for American Medical Response (private Ambulance Company), which has predominantly 12 hour shifts. That means one commute a day.

As such, living on the boat in Vancouver would require that commute to be over the Interstate Bridge, known throughout the US transportation world as one of the worst bottlenecks in the country.

"Not gonna do it, wouldn't be prudent."

So, I'm going to move back in with Bozeb in the Parkrose neighborhood of Portland. His roommate recently moved out, so there is an open room; good timing.

With that, I find that it is no longer worthwhile to keep the sailboat. As such, I will be putting it up for sale soon. I think I will be more likely to sell it during the summer than during the fall.

I haven't set a price yet, although I will include the galvanized tandem-axle trailer and the 2008 Honda 9.9hp outboard.

If any of my regular readers (regular being a stretch, given the frequency of my posts) are interested, please e-mail and make an offer.

I will also be selling my Avon Redcrest Dinghy, with floorboards, inflatable and hard seats and motor bracket; asking price is $400.

Now that the business is out of the way....

What to do with the Blog? I can't really blog about living on a boat anymore, as that would make me a liar. I suppose I could post musings about living on a boat, maybe future plans or random ponderings.

For now, I am inclined to keep the Blog going under the same title (it's hard to change a web address) and include assorted boaty stuff which I find interesting. The immediate future of the blog holds setting up a shared woodshop with Bozeb in his garage and making modifications to the Green Skiff (the one boat I'm keeping) based on my week's experience with it in the San Juans.

So, there you have it. I'm off the boat, on dry land, and I'll be posting assorted boating stuff not related to living on a sailboat.

An interesting, provocative Blog has become just another small boatbuilding Blog....