Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Coconut Dhal with steamed broccoli, black and brown rice

This recipe is sooooo healthy and can be made all from the pantry if you haven't got any fresh broccoli.


  • 2 cups split yellow peas
  • 400ml can coconut milk
  • 3 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 tbsp garlic grated
  • 2 tbsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 bunch broccoli or broccolini
  • 1 cup mixed black and brown rice
Rinse the rice with clean sea water then add 2 cups fresh water and bring to the  boil. Reduce heat to a bare minimum and simmer on low for 35 minutes. Turn heat off without lifting lid and let is sit for a further 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork before serving. Rinse spilt peas with the deck wash if you are out at sea in clean water. 

In a large saucepan place the peas, coconut milk, stock, onion, garlic and ginger, turmeric and salt 
Simmer on a medium heat for 35 minutes.

Steam broccoli and serve on top.


Thursday, May 25, 2017

Noosa Beach House Sri Lankan Fish Curry

30 minutes prep time
4 serves
very easy recipe

50 ml oil
1 medium onion peeled and roughly chopped
2 cloves garlic peeled and roughly chopped
1 x 5cm piece panda leaf roughly torn
2 sprigs of curry leaves
2 green chilles split lengthways
1/2 tbs fenugreek
1/2 tbs fennel seeds
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp tummeric
1 cinnamon stick broken into pieces
500 mls coconut milk
fish frame from a white fish or 1 tbs fish sauce
2 nice thick fillets (cut in half) of white fish (cut in half) with skin on
salt and pepper
steamed rice to serve
lime wedges to serve

Heat the oil is a large pot over medium heat and add the onion, garlic, pandan leaf and green chilli. Fry until the onions are translucent.

Add the dry spices, coconut milk and fish bones and stir to combine. Leave to cook until the mixture has reduced by half.

Remove the curry from the heat and strain it into a separate jug. Set aside until ready to serve.

To cook the fish rub with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Cook on the grill side of a BBQ with the lid down, skin side down first. COok for 3 minutes or until the skin is crispy. Turn the fish and once the fish is cooked serve on a bed of steamed rice.

Pour the curry around the fish in the bowl. Serve with lime wedges.



Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Sweet Potato and chick pea patties

500g sweet potatoes
420g tin chickpeas
1/3 cup quinoa
1 tsp garam Marsala
2 garlic cloves
1 egg
1 bunch mint chopped
1/2 onion finely chopped

Cook the sweet potatoes til soft
Mash together sweet potato, chick peas, quinoa, haram Marsala, crushed garlic,egg and mint and onion 
Form into patties and fry on BBQ 


Rice salad

50g pecan nuts toasted
1 cup brown rice mixed with wild rice if you have it
1 smoked chicken breast
1/2 red onion diced
200g tin corn kernels
2 tbs currents
3 tbs chopped flat leaf parsley
80 mls orange juice
125 ml macadamia nut oil
2 tbs white wine vinegar
Salt and pepper 1 tsp Dijon mustard

Cook the rice absorption method
Toast the pecans 
Dice the smoked chicken finely
Finely chop parsley
Combine the chicken, cooked and cooked rice, pecans, corn, red onion, currants and parsley in a bowl
Mix together orange juice, oil and vinegar and Dijon mustard and pour over the salad. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate over night

Grain salad

1 bunch fresh coriander
1/2 bunch parsley
1/2 red onion
1 cup of uncooked quinoa 
1 tin of brown lentils
2 tbs toasted pumpkin seeds
2 tbs toasted pine nuts
2 tbs toasted slivered almonds 
2 tbs baby capers 
1/2 cup currents 
Juice of one lemon 
3 tbs olive oil
1/2 pomegranate

Dressing 
1 cup yoghurt
1 tsp cumin seeds toasted and ground
1 tsp honey

Boil quinoa in 2 cups of water then lower heat for 15 minutes
Mix all ingredients 
Yummo and so healthy.
It might be hard to find fresh coriander parsley and pomegranate but it's still nice without it. 

Monday, October 27, 2014

The Essence (Spirit) of Cruising

What is it all about? You'll never know if you never go.

What could be a more spiritual path than living on the water, sailing.
You really get to experience The power of now... really being in the moment.
You treasure the simple things in life. You appreciate fresh water, fresh fruit and veges and company of others.
You help one another.
You don't waste anything, especially water.
You love life. You are out there living it and not just watching it on TV after work.
It is respecting nature and the elements.
It is watching the tides and not the time.
It is about going with the flow... literally. The flow of the ocean. The flow of the tides. The flow of nature. No strict schedule. Living in the moment.
Respect. Respect for nature. Respect for each other. Respect for the weather, nature and what nature provides for nurturing. Respect for land especially when you haven't touched ground for a while.
It is leaving the need to be validated by social media behind and replacing it with waves of euphoria as you watch the sunset as the moon rises having sunset drinks with your new friends who have just anchored near by.
It is sharing.

It is challenge. The challenge of dealing with experiences you'd never encounter on land. The challenge of safe navigation. The challenge of getting to where you planned under sail using as little engine power as possible. The challenge of sleeping through a rocky anchorage. The challenge of a jammed anchor chain. If it doesn't come up you aren't going anywhere! 
Even planning a menu to feed your crew can be challenging. Chances are where you are going has no shops to duck off to for some milk. 




Monday, September 30, 2013

Lemons!



FREEZING LEMONS - WHO KNEW

Amazing frozen lemons. All it is.....is a frozen lemon.

Many professionals in restaurants and eateries are using or consuming
the entire lemon and nothing is wasted. How can you use the whole
lemon without waste?

Simple.. place the washed lemon in the freezer section of your
refrigerator. Once the lemon is frozen, get your grater, and shred
the whole lemon (no need to peel it) and sprinkle it on top of your
foods.

Sprinkle it to your vegetable salad, ice cream, soup, cereals,
noodles, spaghetti sauce, rice, sushi, fish dishes, whisky.... the
list is endless.

All of the foods will unexpectedly have a wonderful taste, something
that you may have never tasted before. Most likely, you only think of
lemon juice and vitamin C. Not anymore.

Now that you've learned this lemon secret, you can use lemon even in
instant cup noodles.

What's the major advantage of using the whole lemon other than
preventing waste and adding new taste to your dishes?

Well, you see lemon peels contain as much as 5 to 10 times more
vitamins than the lemon juice itself. And yes, that's what you've
been wasting.

But from now on, by following this simple procedure of freezing the
whole lemon, then grating it on top of your dishes, you can consume
all of those nutrients and get even healthier.

It's also good that lemon peels are health rejuvenators in eradicating
toxic elements in the body.

So place your washed lemon in your freezer, and then grate it on your
meal every day. It is a key to make your foods tastier and you get to
live healthier and longer! That's the lemon secret! Better late than
never, right? The surprising benefits of lemon! Lemon (Citrus) is a
miraculous product to kill cancer cells. It is 10,000 times stronger
than chemotherapy.

Why do we not know about that? Because there are laboratories
interested in making a synthetic version that will bring them huge
profits.

You can now help a friend in need by letting him/her know that lemon
juice is beneficial in preventing the disease. Its taste is pleasant
and it does not produce the horrific effects of chemotherapy.

How many people will die while this closely guarded secret is kept, so
as not to jeopardize the beneficial multimillionaires large
corporations?

As you know, the lemon tree is known for its varieties of lemons and limes.

You can eat the fruit in different ways: you can eat the pulp, juice
press, prepare drinks, sorbets, pastries, etc. It is credited with
many virtues, but the most interesting is the effect it produces on
cysts and tumors.

This plant is a proven remedy against cancers of all types. Some say
it is very useful in all variants of cancer. It is considered also as
an anti microbial spectrum against bacterial infections and fungi,
effective against internal parasites and worms, it regulates blood
pressure which is too high and an antidepressant, combats stress and
nervous disorders.
The source of this information is fascinating: it comes from one of
the largest drug manufacturers in the world, says that after more than
20 laboratory tests since 1970, the extracts revealed that It destroys
the malignant cells in 12 cancers, including colon, breast, prostate,
lung and pancreas. The compounds of this tree showed 10,000 times
better than the product Adriamycin, a drug normally used
chemotherapeutic in the world, slowing the growth of cancer cells.

And what is even more astonishing: this type of therapy with lemon
extract only destroys malignant cancer cells and it does not affect
healthy cells.

So, give those lemons a good wash, freeze them and grate them. Your
whole body will love you for it!!!!!


Sunday, September 8, 2013

Sprouter


This galley gadget is essential for long term cruisers when it is a month or more before you get back to civilization and fresh veges. Sprouting is simple and nutritious. Fresh salads aboard can be a luxury. Sprouting is a quick and easy way to keep your eating healthy and nutritious without missing out on your greens.

The Galley Mincer/ Blender


My mum gave me this old fashioned mincer many years ago. It would have to be 40 years old now. It is the handiest galley tool when it comes to things that require blending or mincing, no 240 volt power required!. It's suction pad that sticks it to the bench still works!

I use it for mincing fish for fish cakes. Blending chickpeas for fritters and patties. Grinding nuts for the base of cheese cakes. Mincing fresh basil and nuts for pestos....yummmmm

It needs to be kept oiled after each use and when the mincing plated get a little rusty, fine sand paper gets it back to it's original shine.

The Vacuum Sealer


This is a fabulous vacuum bag sealer. I stumbled upon it at the local markets. It is simple, cheap and can be used with power or battery! The bags are reusable. Economical and so practical for making your precious fruit and veges last longer while you are cruising.

Here is where you can buy one from http://diamondmarketing.net.au/productdetail.php?id=3

Chickpea and Pumpkin Fritters





This is a simple delicious recipe with ingredients that you can stock up on that will keep long term in your stores. Serves 2

Ingredients


  • Tin of chick peas
  • 200g of pumpkin cooked
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup besan flour
  • 1 teaspoon of grated ginger
  • 1 tbs jar of fresh coriander leaves and stems or  handful of chopped coriander. 
Blend or mash all ingredients.
Spoon onto a hot oiled fry pan. 

This is my galley blender/mincer. I use it to grind the chickpeas and mince fish for fish cakes. 


Thursday, September 5, 2013

Homemade Orange Cleaner



 Ingredients:
  • Orange peels. Lots!
  • White Vinegar
  • Water


Instructions:
 Fill a glass jar with orange peels. It needn't be done all at once. Just whenever you eat an orange, put the peels inside the jar.
Cover the peels with vinegar.
Let the vinegar and orange peels sit for a few weeks.
Take the vinegar out of the jar and pour it into a spray bottle, diluting half/half with water.
 Use with a rag to clean, well, anything!

Quinoa Fritters


These are divine!

The ricotta cheese in this recipe may be hard to obtain when you are cruising. It gives the fritters a light and fluffy taste. If you can't get  hold of ricotta, substitute 1 cup of pureed chick peas. Also fresh dill gives the fritters a fresh herb flavour. Dried dill is fine.


  • 1 cup of white quinoa
  • 1&1/2 cups of water to boil quinoa in
  • 1 cup of ricotta cheese.
  • 200g cooked cauliflower
  • 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese. Kraft does a long life dried Parmesan.
  • 2 tbls finely chopped fresh dill or 2 tsp dried
  • 3 eggs lightly beaten
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 tbls olive oil for shallow frying

  • Horse radish mayonnaise - Use what ever mayonnaise you would normally buy and flavour 3/4 cup with a teaspoon of horseradish from a jar.


Simmer quinoa for 12 minutes or until the water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. ine all ingredients

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Shape into patties and cook in batches for 3-5 minutes each side. Serve with the mayonnaise.





Banana Bread - Gluten Free

This banana cake can be made to suit varying tastes. The less ripe banana's you use the crumblier it is. If you like a moist banana cake just add more banana. We like it crumbly!


  • 1 handful of desiccated coconut for lining the baking tin.
  • Spray olive oil
  • 3 over ripe banana's mashed
  • 1  cup of firmly packed brown sugar. If you are watching your sugar consumption substitute it for 1/2 cup of Stevia natural sweetener
  • 1/2 cup grape seed oil
  • 2 teaspoons of gluten free baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 2 cups of desiccated coconut
  • 1 cup of almond meal
  • 3/4 cup of LSA meal


Preheat oven to 180.
Spay a loaf tin with olive oil
Sprinkle a handful of desiccated coconut to coat the tin.
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl.
Spread into your baking tin.

Bake for 55 minutes. Test with a wooden skewer to see if done.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.





Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Quick Curried Rice


This is a simple recipe with simple ingredients that ever galley usually has. If you cannot get hold of the fresh spring onions or coriander leaves, make do with dried or leave out of the recipe. Some long term cruising yachties do like to have a mini herb garden on board as fresh greens can be such a luxury when you have been away from civilization for a while.


  • 250g basmati rice
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp curry power
  • 3 eggs
  • 60g melted butter
  • salt flakes
  • freshly ground pepper
  • 3/4 cup of frozen (or dried peas boiled for 5 minutes)
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 6 spring onions
  • crispy fried shallots
  • handful of coriander leaves
  • plain  yoghurt



  1. In a medium saucepan, briefly heat through the rice, cumin seeds and curry powder. Add 650mls of boiling water, season and stir. Put on a tight lid and cook for 7 minutes over a low heat.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs and melted butter together, season with salt and pepper, Take the lid off the rice and fluff with a fork.
  3. Scatter the peas over the rice and pour the eggs over the top. Put the lid back on and cook for a further 4 minutes, then turn off the heat and let the rice sit for 5 minutes with the lid on. 
  4. When ready to serve, squeeze over the lemon, scatter over the spring onion, coriander and fried shallots and serve with yoghurt.
  5. Serve with tandoori chicken or fish.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Spiced Red Lentils


The humble red lentil is a fantastic and nutritious cruising food.
When vegetable stores are low, lentils are nutritious and high in fibre.
This Indian recipe is wholesome and full of flavour.

Ingredients

225g red lentils
4 tbsp vegetable oil. I use grape seed oil. It can handle high temperatures and is healthier than sunflower or vegetable oil.
1/2 tsp black mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt
6 shallots finely chopped
1 cm  cube root ginger finely grated
2 cloves of garlic crushed
2 green chilies, de-seeded and finely chopped
1 tin of tomatoes
2 tsp coriander. Fresh coriander is usually hard to come by. I buy it in a jar.

Method

In a heavy saucepan heat the oil. Throw in the mustard seeds and as soon as they start to pop add the cumin for 20 seconds. Then add the lentils and stir for 3 minutes.

Add the ground cumin, turmeric and salt. Sir fry for another 3 minutes.

pour in 750 mls of water and simmer for 5 minutes. Cover and simmer for another 30 minutes or until the lentils are soft.

To prepare the seasoning, in a separate pan heat 2 tbsp oil, add the shallots and stir fry for 3 minutes.
Reduce the heat and add ginger, garlic and chillies and stri fry for 2 minutes. Mix in the tomato and coriander.

Tip the entire contents of the saute into the lentils and stir.
Serve with basmati rice.



Baileys Cheese Cake


I love cheese cake. It's a very special treat when you are out on the water.
If you don't have any Philadelphia cream cheese, make your own. For this I always have a good stock of easy yo on board. I love yoghurt for breakfast and you can turn your yoghurt in to cream cheese for deserts and dips.
To do this after your yoghurt is set, you will have to drain it through some cheese cloth or chux in the fridge for half a day. It is worth the effort.

Ingredients

750 g home made cream cheese
125 mls rice malt syrup
1 egg
vanilla essence
1/4 cup of Baileys Irish Cream or Kahlua

Base

1 cup ground nuts meal
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup LSA
120g unsalted butter.

If you are running low on nut meal, I use ground oats.
You will need a 23cm spring form tin. If you have a smaller one, use half the ingredients. Line it with paper and spray oil.
Preheat oven to 160.

To make the base mix the ground nut mix and butter. Add the coconut and mix with your fingers to make a dough. Press into the tin and bake for 10 minutes. Allow to cool.

Combine the cream cheese, syrup, egg, Baileys and vanilla in a large bowl. Spoon into the base and cook for 30 minutes. Place in the fridge for 2 hours before serving.






Chocolate Coconut Nut Balls


This is an easy, highly nutritious delicious snack that kids and adults will love.
The balls keep for several weeks in the fridge. They are prone to melting in hot weather though so if you are taking them hiking put a few in a glad bag and be prepared for them to come out a little sticky.

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups of ground nuts. A mixture of almond and brazil works well
125ml almond spread
1/2 cup raw cacao powder
2 large handfuls of shredded coconut
100g softened butter
4 tablespoons coconut oil or pure cacao butter
vanilla essence
1/4 cup chia seeds

Mix all ingredients and add a little more ground nuts if the mixture is too wet.
Roll into balls and refrigerate for an hour. It's that simple and very healthy.

Potatoes with poppy seeds


Potatoes are an essential cruising vegetable.
They keep well if kept in the dark and wrapped individually in newspaper so if one happens to start rotting the rest won't turn as well.

This recipe is one of my favourite spicy Indian potato dishes. Aloo Posto - potato with poppy seeds. It is simple, quick and very inviting.

White poppy seeds are hard to find even in well stocked Indian stores but they are an essential ingredient to the flavour and texture of this recipe. I buy mine on line from The Spice Girls.

700g potatoes
2 tbsp white poppy seeds
4 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp 5 spice mix (see recipe below)
4 cloves garlic crushed
1 green chillie deseeded and finely chopped
1/2 tsp ground tumeric
1 tsp salt

5 spice mix
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp black mustard seeds
1 tsp onion seeds
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds

Method

Peel the potatoes and cut them into 1 cm cubes. Soak them in a bowl of water for 15 minutes then drain and dry.

Dry roast the poppy seeds in a dry pan on low heat until they are just a shade darker. After they have cooled grind them with a heavy mortar and pestle.

In a heavy pan heat 2 tbsp oil and fry the potato until lightly browned. Remove and drain on kitchen paper.

Add the remaining oil and reduce the pan to low. Add the five spice mix and stir fry for 30 seconds. Then add the garlic and chilies until the garlic is lightly brown.

Add the potatoes, turmeric, salt and 1/2 cup of water. Reduce heat to low ans simmer for 8-10 minutes.

Add the ground poppy seeds and stir fry until any excess water is absorbed and the potatoes are well coated with the poppy seeds.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

50 Things Cruising Taught Me


50 Things Cruising Taught Me

By Dennis Mullen • Posted: Jan 23, 2013
After spending a year cruising around the world, Dennis Mullen learned a thing or two. He shared his top 10 list in our April '12 issue, but we couldn't help sharing the top 50 things cruising taught him aboard Different Drummer.

1. “Port’s left, starboard’s right, and there are no ropes on a boat!” This was my friend Roudy Roudebush’s only response when I told him Marlene and I bought a catamaran to sail the world.
2. Your dinghy is your lifeline to civilization. Groceries, exploring, transporting guests and garbage, whatever, your dinghy is your friend.
3. Two-stroke engines suck.
4. Do not sail over the wreck of Blackbeard the Pirate’s flagship Queen Anne’s Revenge, sunken in the Beaufort, North Carolina inlet. Sailing over his sunken ship is said to be bad juju. We did it shortly before our first engine blew up. 
5. The captain of the vessel should know every inch, every wire and every plug of the boat and be prepared to fix it when it fails.
6. When in question whether or not to stay put, and you are in a safe harbor, and things “look iffy out there,” stay put.
7. Read. A lot. 
8. Big anchor, lots of chain = successful anchorage. Usually. 
9. Piracy is alive and well. The only person selling diesel fuel to cruisers on the entire length of the Pamlico River, a pirate I won’t name, was able to pump thirty-four gallons of diesel fuel into my thirty gallon aft tank. At $4.48 a gallon.
10. “Red Right Returning." Though not always true, this adage refers to buoys that mark the channels where the deep water is, which is where you want to be.  Green buoys are on the left, reds are on the right when you are returning from the sea. Theoretically, this keeps you from running aground.
11. Most of the news we miss has an insignificant effect on our lives, anyway. We have no television and radio reception is sketchy at best. Freedom from information.
12. Be suspicious of NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association) weather forecasts.  We left a beautiful, safe anchorage in sailing for Ocracoke Island. Using NOAA’s weather forecast of “light and variable winds, building late afternoon from the east,” we should have had an easy sail to the Ocracoke Inlet. Reality was 25 knot winds on our nose all day long, causing us to arrive just before dark.
13. Never enter an unfamiliar anchorage or unfamiliar inlet after dark.
14. “Sea” buoy, and “C” buoy sound the same over radio and telephone. When entering the Ocracoke Inlet from the Atlantic Ocean, going around the “sea” buoy will get you safely inside the inlet. Going around the “C” buoy can sink your boat.
15. “Charts” are navigational aids that tell you what you just ran into.
16. Meltdowns happen. 
17. Cruising is 90 percent sheer boredom and 10 percent sheer terror and you never know when the 10 percent is going to hit.
18. Everything tastes better on the boat. 
19. When you buy a powerboat, throw away your watch. When you buy a sailboat, throw away your calendar.
20. Annapolis, to a history buff, is about as cool as it gets. You can walk the same streets and drink in the same taverns that George Washington, Tom Jefferson and Ben Franklin did. 
21. A boat can be self-sustaining for two weeks. We create our own electricity with four solar panels and a wind generator from Trinidad. Our 150 gallons of fresh water is used sparingly, but we try not to smell bad. The freezer freezes and the fridge keeps the beer cold.
22. Boats leak.
23. A fouled anchor can ruin your day in paradise.
24. Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure. It’s all up to you.
25. The sound of krill eating the growth on the outside of your hulls is very unsettling until you learn what it is. Once you learn, it becomes a comfort knowing that your hulls are being cleaned.
26. Anchoring alone can be terrifying. Dragging anchor at 0300 in unexpected gale-force winds when everything is pitch-black will leave you wanting for your mommy.
27. Parts for boats make parts for Harley-Davidsons seem reasonably priced.
28. Always have a spare everything.
29. Sitting in the cockpit with a fresh cup of hot coffee as the sun comes up over the Atlantic Ocean is the best morning buzz that I know.
30. Clothing becomes optional and unnecessary. 
31. If you don’t have what you need, make something else work.
32. Never drink before the boat is secure on anchor, mooring or dock. Period.
33. You can always try one more thing.

34. Living with someone for six months on a sailboat is a study in interpersonal relationships in confined spaces. Work it out. You can’t go for a walk.
35. When you enter a town by car, you remain a visitor. When you enter a town by boat, you immediately become part of the community.
36. Most boats handle storms better than most people handle storms.
37. Pelicans are cool. Seeing a dozen or more brown pelicans flying in straight-line formation 6 inches above the Pamlico Sound will stop you in your tracks.
38. Always try to have the anchor set by 1620.
39. Grocery stores are never close to the waterfront and carts don’t cut it. We have been amazed by the generosity of complete strangers who offer us rides.
40. Fouling your propeller will bring the engine to an immediate stop. 
41. Backing up your boat is an adventure in itself. Every time.
42. Diesel oil is like black paint that won’t dry.
43. Hurricanes, even category-one hurricanes, mess things up for a very long time.
44. There are turtles the size of Volkswagens in Cape Lookout Bight, which is perfectly protected and virtually unchanged since Blackbeard anchored there.
45. My wife is much better at the helm than I, but our autopilot steers a straighter course than either of us.
46. For $25, you can rent a mooring ball on the York River at Yorktown, Virginia, and see the monument where British Gen. Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington, ending the Revolutionary War.
47. For $35, you can rent a mooring ball in the Annapolis Harbor and walk up to the Capitol Building where you can stand on the exact spot where, in 1793, George Washington said, “I quit.”
48. We have logged over 4,000 miles on our boat from Key Largo to the top of the Chesapeake Bay at an average speed of 6 mph. But what a way to see the U.S.
49. Never turn around to retrieve hats that have blown off people’s heads. My percentage rate is 100 percent. I have never turned around for any of them.
50. Weather is scary. A beautiful, clear day suddenly became a tornado warning with demonic winds, torrential rain falling sideways, and lightning exploding around the boat. Then the sun came out and everything was fine. “They come on ya fast, and they leave ya fast!”