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Mana Marina (near Wellington) Wednesday 8 April 2020 & Thursday 9 April 2020 Is it Wednesday, or is it Thursday?  Must be a sure sign that time is taking on a new dimension aboard.  Although, having been retired now for almost two years, it’s not the first time I’ve forgotten what day it is.  AfterContinue reading “Still Looking For Crew”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Tuesday 7 April 2020 Having locked myself down aboard Chimere, for nearly two weeks now … only going out for brief walks, and like everyone else, avoided human contact like the plague – perhaps not the best analogy, but I can see now where the phrase might have got it’s originsContinue reading “The Supermarket Experience”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Monday 6 April 2020 The day started with good intentions … my goal being to walk down the road to the local supermarket.  Once inside the supermarket I was going to buy a few items, assuming they were on the shelves, such as bread, tomatoes and cheese … plus anything elseContinue reading “Nearly Went to the Shops Today”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Sunday 5 April 2020 It’s always a welcome surprise … the extra hour you gain each year from turning the clocks back at the end of Daylight Saving.  The effect might only last half a day, but the extra hour in bed, or doing whatever, is certainly a better option toContinue reading “An Extra Hour Today”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Saturday 4 April 2020 It was a simply gorgeous day today.  Or at least it might have been. Under normal circumstances, boats would be coming and going.  Families would be playing on the beach beyond the breakwater and there’d be the noise of fun and activity. But of course, like everywhereContinue reading “It Might Have Been a Gorgeous Day”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Friday 3 April 2020 The big news today is that I started the motor, untied the mooring lines and went for a “voyage”.  It was a very short voyage.  Probably too short even for the GPS tracker to even pick it up … but here I am neatly tucked up inContinue reading “Same Postcode – Different Address”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Thursday 2 April 2020 My friend Murray asked me the other day … “Are you on WhatsApp? … or maybe we could Skype?”  “I’ve got WhatsApp on my phone, but I could Messenger you on the computer”, I said “Is that the same as FaceTiming?”, I asked “Not sure”, said Murray,Continue reading “Communications Overload”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Wednesday 1 April 2020 It’s strange, that a walk down the road, little more than 1 km, to replace an empty gas bottle, should be considered my highlight of the day. But such is the nature of social isolation. We have two gas bottles on board.  Solely for cooking, and whenContinue reading “Cooking With Gas”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Tuesday 31 March 2020 Thought I’d go for a walk today.  Not a long walk.  But the sun was shining, the air was still and I thought I’d take the opportunity to check out the neighbourhood – the LOCAL neighbourhood of course – just for future reference.  I’ve been watching theContinue reading “Off My Leash Today”

Mana Marina (near Wellington) Monday 30 March 2020 I’ve always been a “morning person”.  Usually falling asleep by 9:30 in the evening … keen to go to bed, then firing on all cylinders again by 5:30 or 6:00am the next morning.   I don’t generally have trouble sleeping … I’m told I got it from myContinue reading “It’s like Summer again”