The storm after the calm.
As fine and fair as yesterday was, today is that stormy and raw. But it has a beauty of its own, too.
The calm before the storm
A nasty weather forecast for the next few days out here in Montauk, but lovely today. We’re still breaking in the engines (run them like you stole them, our Honda technician told me) so Sean and I took MON TiKI out for a couple of laps around Lake Montauk. A gorgeous day to be on…
DetailsScenes from the last day of Autumn in Montauk Harbor
A misty morning in Montauk Harbor The Lady K Fresh paint on the dragger Caitlyn and Maraid
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Scenes from a Montauk Seal Watching Trip on the Catamaran MON TIKI
Sean McFall, the epoxy mix-master, at the con. Culloden Point in the background. Half-throttle and an easy 6 knots. The pier at Eddie Ecker Park on Fort Pond Bay, with Hither Woods in the background Friends Jay & Ruben Schneiderman. The saw us from the beach, called my cell, and we picked them up! …
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MON TIKI Swims!
It was a perfect shirt-sleeve October day here in Montauk today. Even if MON TIKI had gone straight to the bottom I don’t think that could have ruined it. But MON TIKI didn’t sink. She swims! How nice is it to be on the water again!
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The count-down to launching MON TIKI begins!
The surveyor was by today, impressed with the build, but a little puzzled at how to arrive at and justify a valuation. Insurance value is typically arrived at by looking at comparable boats, but MON TIKI is a one-of-a-kind vessel. But I’m sure he’ll get it sorted out. After all, he’s working for me (that’s…
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