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Squatter’s Rights? Rats Amidships And I’m Finally BACK In Tahiti!

Well, well, well….I made it back to Swell yesterday evening after a ridiculously fun 2 weeks in Hawaii. Since my three week trip turned into almost 5 months away from Swell, I guess its only fair that she found some new company while I was away. It’s a more cuddly and personable creature than Swell’s [...]
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I've Got No Strings to Hold Me Down

The amount of chaos inside Swell that had accumulated over the last two weeks of projects in the marina was mindboggling. Wood and metal scraps, half used glues and caulking, bits of wires, dirty rags, random screws, washers, and nuts, broken and assorted drill bits, frayed ends of cut ropes, cans of paint and varnish [...]
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Float My Boat

It’s been hot–really really really HOT. I feel like an ant under a magnifying glass in this sun. The seasons shifted while I was away. The trades no longer dissipate the intense tropical heat”¦ instead it lingers about you like you’re constantly standing in hot soup. By 8am it’s blazing and it doesn’t let up [...]
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