All posts filed under “The Boat

A Sail of Many Firsts

AUTHOR’S WARNING- To get the optimum experience from reading this blog you may be required to tilt your head 90 degrees to your left or rotate your computer screen 90 degrees to the right. This instruction will be understood as you read this FIRST blog for the month of […]

Snail’s Pace

You might wonder what a snail has to do with boats and the cruising life. Well, as it turns out there are lots of similarities. Today I came across a snail convention on my morning walk.   I was called to slow down and study the snails closely. Their […]

Boat Exercise Part Two

Workout #2 The Storage Shuffle. A specially choreographed dance performed each time something, stored in the “endless pit” under the berth, is required. This workout and “Workout #1 The Boat Engine Salutation” are just two examples of many workouts performed daily to keep Flapdoodle shipshape. […]

Boat Exercise Part One

One of the negative points I proposed against moving to live aboard full time on Flapdoodle was whether or not Harry and myself would be able to get plentiful exercise to keep fit. We are indeed living in a small space. I propose that this […]

Harry naming boat

The Evolution of a Name- The Meaning of Flapdoodle

When we purchased our boat it was named “Kokomo.” Indeed a worthy name for any boat. There is many a water vessel bearing such a name. We proudly tote that at the time of registration there were no other boats by the name of “Flapdoodle”. […]