please note

Please note that we have moved to:

http://aboardmadrigal.blogspot.com permanently, and I found a way to import all posts from this one too, so you can even search our old posts from here, too!

Madrigal

Madrigal
Originally uploaded by jennycaron

This is a test.

Madrigal

Madrigal
Originally uploaded by jennycaron

This is a test.

of ice and hats

I'll put this post here because it is easier to do for now, but blogger is giving me difficulties with email addresses being associated with multiple accounts and whatnot. So from here on out ALL POSTS WILL BE AT http://aboardmadrigal.blogspot.com/. Sorry for the runaround, but we want to have the right site for the right boat! :D


Now, aside from that, the marina has a small steel tender that they had to use as an icebreaker yesterday. We are getting frozen in pretty good here. About 2 inches yesterday. I think more today, I had to go chip it away from the hull earlier. It is really pretty awesome! hah, we like it, but we're weird.


Willie stole my hat to keep warm!



More later! -- at the new site http://aboardmadrigal.blogspot.com !

-Justin

fyi

http://aboardmadrigal.blogspot.com/ is finally up and running!

We will try to make the move slowly and will still update this website for a good long while, but update your bookmarks cuz we are finally committing.

Oh, and this also means that we have pretty well decided, after all that huge process, that we are going to keep the name Madrigal. It has grown on us, and we no longer see any need to change it. :)

Justin and Jenny.

galley work

So we have been making some arrangements in our galley lately. We got tired of not being able to bake, so we got a convection microwave. Only works at shore, but we are tied up most of the time anyhow. Love it so far.

The boat came with an electric stovetop installed, but not cooking at all out at anchor sucks. The boat also came with an Origo 3000 alcohol stove, but it wasn't installed. Well, I spent today moving the electric stove and hanging the Origo on a new set of gimbals so that we have both options readily available. It is also nice cuz our marina charges electric in the winter, so we can use the alcohol then, but electric is free in the summer, so we'll use the electric then. Plus we can cook at sea now! yay!



Still some work to be done. Have to varnish and trim a few things but after that we'd like to resurface all the counter and tabletops with new formica. Time will tell.

Of seals, ice, and weirdos

Jenny finally saw a seal. When we were going to move aboard we'd heard stories of seals frequenting Constitution Marina. Jenny was pretty excited, but sadly, she had yet to see one. I saw a couple last year, but always when she was away. Jenny had time to go to the boat, get the camera, and get back to G dock for pictures. The seal was lounging, and in no hurry.





And then there is us...

It has been rather icy and ugly out here lately. Just wanted to put up some pictures of the marina.





That's all for now...