November 25, 2008
Norfolk, Virgina
Hello Family and Friends,
There are times at sea when things just don’t go as planned. You may remember my exciting journey aboard Jalan Jalan. Well, this time it was my inability to communcate that hit us hard (and some weather too) but as in all aspects of life, our friends are often the ones to save our asses. (more…)
Here are some photos from Morpheus’ run from Oxford Maryland to St. Thomas. We arrived at night, unfortunately, so there are no good shots of us making landfall in the islands. More blog soon!!!
Heard from the Old Man himself this time – safe in St. Thomas after 13 days at sea – 3 rough as hell, 4 no wind at all and the rest good sailing. Says he hopes to update the blog if he can ever get his pc up and running while down there. In his own words: “Computer battery is #&$%ed up also so now I’m trying to get it charged enough that I can use my own laptop. On an internet cafe pc right now so will keep this short. “
Sounds like he has his hands full, but is on dry land – I’ll leave it at that and sign off from this one…
It’s all right here in the Captains Blog!
Muthuh
OK, boys and girls… back from Amsterdam and surprised the Cap’n has not posted anything, so I sent out some emails to mutual friends.
Heard back from the Cap’ns beautiful girlfriend - Karen - who had a call from a guy named Bob a couple days ago who was relaying a SSB long-range radio message from Cap’n B, saying all was well, and he still did not have online capability. I then got a call right back saying they just received another call from Blaine saying he was in cell range and about to dock in, in… where the hell is he going again? I dunno – I’m still groggy from Jet Lag… but all was well. He was hoping to get some posts up soon.
And for those who inquired about exactly what a brothel smells like (see previous posts), I must admit I am still a brothel-virgin even after the trip to Amsterdam. I can, however, describe perfectly the smell of a Coffeehouse.
It’s all here in the Captains Blog.
-Muthuh (Amsterdam Trip Pics HERE)
Seems the S/V Morpheus is not equipped with an inverter or generator for 110v power… that means Cap’n Blaine may not be posting to this journeys’ Blog unless he can get to port (unlikely) or he relays the blog to one of us via SatPhone… so don’t fret if this adventure go un-Blogged for days at a time, or we’re not as eloquent as he is in the reporting. Which means we pretty much have full control of his Blog and what goes in it…
So… Obama and McCain go into this barber shop… (are you sure you wanna read on?) (more…)
I’ve been hearing that line for over 20 years now. I’m curled up in bed, the curl unfortunately envelops a king-sized pillow, it’s nearing 9am – not yet time to get up you understand. The phone rings – I distinctly remember in the dream I was at a bar trying to decide what brand of Tequila to order – and when I pick up the phone, them’s the words I heard … “Hey Boss, I need a favor”. (more…)