Lots of Sailing

Even with SPF 45, I fried after this 2 hour sailing trip...

Benny loves Latitudes & Attitudes too.
The pet article of course.


We're determined to leave Palacios by Sept 25th (the same day we left Oregon in 2006).

Our goals rely on our haulout, installing water tanks and a propane tank for the stove and to stock up a cruising 'kitty' before we leave for 3 months of cruising.


We went to the Rockport Nautical Flea Market last Saturday. The car drove there well. The market was not very good, there was mostly crafts and antique stuff and fishing gear. But it was nice to get out of town and have a Starbucks coffee. :) We did end up getting a 12v fan to install in the salon (main cabin). We need at least 2 to 3 more.


I am part of the South Texas Coastal Beading Society with Ann and Rebecca. Last weekend, I built a website for us and a local couple donated an apartment for the guild to use for beading and crafts. We have our first meeting on Friday and are excited to finally have everyone get together to bead, do clay and craft. The new website I built is http://www.sotxcbs.weebly.com/


I have been continuing to create with polymer clay. I have made some jewelry and am really enjoying this new media!































Ann, Rebecca and I had a contest for making clay Love Bugs (A HUGE pest here in Texas). This was my entry. None of could decide who's was best, they were all SO cute!!















I went into Victoria with Rebecca and her daughter, Emily, last week. That was fun. It is always nice to get out of town. We went to the mall but it didn't feel right being in a mall. I felt very out of place. But we had a lot of fun there and at Hobby Lobby which is a huge craft store, similar to Michaels but bigger.

We have taken the boat out a couple times since our last post. S/V (sailing vessel) Sparrow was also out and we tracked her down and sailed back to the marina with her in wonderful winds. She is a 38 Morgan, beautiful. The owner is selling her and he had taken our friend, John, out with him to try her out. It was a blast to sail with another boat and we both got great pics of each other!



I LOVE this picture!

The weekend before, we also went sailing and had a pod of 5 dolphins swim with us!!! It was awesome! We were cruising at 7.2 mph, and even hit 7.8 mph which is her hull speed. We were pleased that she averaged 6.5 easily. Benevolence is a smooth, fast S/V!































Brett has been getting the canvas done. He has the dodger and bimini up and almost completed. Next, he'll build the weather cloths for the cockpit to protect us from spray. We will need to buy more fabric to finish a new mainsail cover and a forsail cover.