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CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONE The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you can HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot. UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at APRIL | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER 1 post published by SV Gimme Shelter during April 2021. It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration — the paint. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONE The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you can HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot. UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at APRIL | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER 1 post published by SV Gimme Shelter during April 2021. It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration — the paint. HERE’S TO NEW ADVENTURES IN 2021 Here’s to new adventures in 2021. January 4, 2021 / SV Gimme Shelter. 2021 started on a good tack. We spent New Year’s Day on the boat prepping for GBCA Icicle Series 1, and we were treated to an absolutely amazing sunset. I finally broke down and bought a 3M Stripe Removal wheel to take the old Florida registration numbers off thehull.
NOVEMBER | 2020 | SVGIMMESHELTER November 21, 2020. / SV Gimme Shelter. / Leave a comment. Back in the 90s when the distinction between music store and pawn shop was rather blurry, I acquired a second-hand silver sparkle Les Paul guitar that only said “Lady Luck” on the headstock and “Made in Korea” on the back of the neck. This was a time when cheap guitars were APRIL | 2020 | SVGIMMESHELTER April 30, 2020. / SV Gimme Shelter. / 1 Comment. As I was contemplating the order of a seventh 1TB portable hard drive to which I planned to copy the past year of photographic adventures, I really started wondering if it was even worth saving all of these photos. Sure, the past year had been full of huge grizzly bears, ruggedWyoming landscapes
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Remote Working. September 20, 2020. September 21, 2020. / SV Gimme Shelter. I literally haven’t worn shoes in 187 days. That was always the goal, right? A flip-flop lifestyle with cold suds, warm sun, and sandy beaches? One out of three ain’t bad. Until March, “remote worker” was sort of a mythical job description, held only by special GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
ADDING XR7-G EXHAUST CUT-OUTS TO A 1967 OR 1968 MERCURY Adding XR7-G exhaust cut-outs to a 1967 or 1968 Mercury Cougar. February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 / SV Gimme Shelter. There’s one detail of the 1967 Cougar that always bothered me — the way the exhaust sits under the rear valance. Originally, I believe the Cougar had turn-down exhaust tips that were somewhat hidden, but through theyears
HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot. DOES YOUR BOAT HAVE EYEBROWS? Within weeks of buying Gimme Shelter, a section of our starboard eyebrow rail had snapped off. Then another and another. By the time we rang in 2017, we were missing several sections of the trim on both sides of the boat. Since O’day has been out of business for decades, there were no readily available replacement eyebrow rails. INSTALLING LED HEADLIGHTS ON A 1967 MERCURY COUGAR They have a projector LED headlight called the OE7, which still looks like the vintage 7” glass lights used on Mustangs, but it has a projector housing inside with an LED bulb. Unfortunately, my 1967 Mercury Cougar has four 5.75” headlights. Dapper Lighting also sells an array of 5.75” lights with various halos, colors, and evenoptions
APRIL | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER 1 post published by SV Gimme Shelter during April 2021. It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration — the paint. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONE The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you can HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot. APRIL | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER 1 post published by SV Gimme Shelter during April 2021. It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration — the paint. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONE The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you can HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot.SVGIMMESHELTER
The 2k High Build — not so much, but if you dilute it enough it’s ok. The real problem was the Midnight Metallic Black. The Eastwood base colors mix 4:1, so while it’s $185 per gallon, you’re actually only getting 5 quarts. By comparison the PPG Shopline paintmixes 1:1 at
GIMME SHELTER THE BAND Upcoming Live Shows No public shows booked at this time. Shoot us an email to talk about booking! View all our Show Dates About Us Videos View More Videos Audio Tom Petty- Mary Jane's Last Dance Just Like Heaven Acoustic One Headlight Acoustic Listen to More Audio Setlist APRIL | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER 1 post published by SV Gimme Shelter during April 2021. It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration — the paint. HERE’S TO NEW ADVENTURES IN 2021 Here’s to new adventures in 2021. January 4, 2021 / SV Gimme Shelter. 2021 started on a good tack. We spent New Year’s Day on the boat prepping for GBCA Icicle Series 1, and we were treated to an absolutely amazing sunset. I finally broke down and bought a 3M Stripe Removal wheel to take the old Florida registration numbers off thehull.
GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
JANUARY | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER It would have been a perfect, relaxing weekend except for one thing. At some point, my wallet disappeared. The most likely timeframe is when Tex decided to randomly start peeing on the rug in the boat, and I rushed to grab him and corral Hemingway, then wrestle and carry them both up the extremely high bulkhead to get them to the grass for a bathroom break. I think as I was stretching and TOP 5 THINGS I LEARNED PAINTING MY CAR AT HOME It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration -- the paint. When this project began in August of 2017, the 1967 Mercury Cougar arrived wearing dull white paint. I actuallywasn't sure if
WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you can HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot. DOES YOUR BOAT HAVE EYEBROWS? Within weeks of buying Gimme Shelter, a section of our starboard eyebrow rail had snapped off. Then another and another. By the time we rang in 2017, we were missing several sections of the trim on both sides of the boat. Since O’day has been out of business for decades, there were no readily available replacement eyebrow rails.SVGIMMESHELTER
The 2k High Build — not so much, but if you dilute it enough it’s ok. The real problem was the Midnight Metallic Black. The Eastwood base colors mix 4:1, so while it’s $185 per gallon, you’re actually only getting 5 quarts. By comparison the PPG Shopline paintmixes 1:1 at
ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONE The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you canSVGIMMESHELTER
The 2k High Build — not so much, but if you dilute it enough it’s ok. The real problem was the Midnight Metallic Black. The Eastwood base colors mix 4:1, so while it’s $185 per gallon, you’re actually only getting 5 quarts. By comparison the PPG Shopline paintmixes 1:1 at
ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONE The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you can GIMME SHELTER THE BAND Upcoming Live Shows No public shows booked at this time. Shoot us an email to talk about booking! View all our Show Dates About Us Videos View More Videos Audio Tom Petty- Mary Jane's Last Dance Just Like Heaven Acoustic One Headlight Acoustic Listen to More Audio Setlist ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. APRIL | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER 1 post published by SV Gimme Shelter during April 2021. It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration — the paint. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite aREMOTE WORKING
Remote Working. September 20, 2020. September 21, 2020. / SV Gimme Shelter. I literally haven’t worn shoes in 187 days. That was always the goal, right? A flip-flop lifestyle with cold suds, warm sun, and sandy beaches? One out of three ain’t bad. Until March, “remote worker” was sort of a mythical job description, held only by specialTHE $2 TOUR
The $2 Tour. Have a quick look inside Gimme Shelter, our 1982 O’Day34.
LEARNING TO PAINT: THE FIRST ATTEMPT Learning to Paint: The first attempt. February 5, 2021. February 5, 2021. / SV Gimme Shelter. In September 2019, back when the world was normal, and we jumped on airplanes to breath up each other’s exhales without thinking twice, Mary and I made a trip to Salt Lake City. During that trip Bryce Green and Freddy Carlson taught us how topaint.
HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot. INSTALLING LED HEADLIGHTS ON A 1967 MERCURY COUGAR They have a projector LED headlight called the OE7, which still looks like the vintage 7” glass lights used on Mustangs, but it has a projector housing inside with an LED bulb. Unfortunately, my 1967 Mercury Cougar has four 5.75” headlights. Dapper Lighting also sells an array of 5.75” lights with various halos, colors, and evenoptions
DOES YOUR BOAT HAVE EYEBROWS? Within weeks of buying Gimme Shelter, a section of our starboard eyebrow rail had snapped off. Then another and another. By the time we rang in 2017, we were missing several sections of the trim on both sides of the boat. Since O’day has been out of business for decades, there were no readily available replacement eyebrow rails.SVGIMMESHELTER
The 2k High Build — not so much, but if you dilute it enough it’s ok. The real problem was the Midnight Metallic Black. The Eastwood base colors mix 4:1, so while it’s $185 per gallon, you’re actually only getting 5 quarts. By comparison the PPG Shopline paintmixes 1:1 at
ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONEEPIPHONE DOVE VS HUMMINGBIRDEPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD ARTIST REVIEWEPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD SPECSUSED EPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD GUITAR The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you canSVGIMMESHELTER
The 2k High Build — not so much, but if you dilute it enough it’s ok. The real problem was the Midnight Metallic Black. The Eastwood base colors mix 4:1, so while it’s $185 per gallon, you’re actually only getting 5 quarts. By comparison the PPG Shopline paintmixes 1:1 at
ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONEEPIPHONE DOVE VS HUMMINGBIRDEPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD ARTIST REVIEWEPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD SPECSUSED EPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD GUITAR The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you can GIMME SHELTER THE BAND Upcoming Live Shows No public shows booked at this time. Shoot us an email to talk about booking! View all our Show Dates About Us Videos View More Videos Audio Tom Petty- Mary Jane's Last Dance Just Like Heaven Acoustic One Headlight Acoustic Listen to More Audio Setlist ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. APRIL | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER 1 post published by SV Gimme Shelter during April 2021. It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration — the paint. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite aREMOTE WORKING
Remote Working. September 20, 2020. September 21, 2020. / SV Gimme Shelter. I literally haven’t worn shoes in 187 days. That was always the goal, right? A flip-flop lifestyle with cold suds, warm sun, and sandy beaches? One out of three ain’t bad. Until March, “remote worker” was sort of a mythical job description, held only by specialTHE $2 TOUR
The $2 Tour. Have a quick look inside Gimme Shelter, our 1982 O’Day34.
LEARNING TO PAINT: THE FIRST ATTEMPT Learning to Paint: The first attempt. February 5, 2021. February 5, 2021. / SV Gimme Shelter. In September 2019, back when the world was normal, and we jumped on airplanes to breath up each other’s exhales without thinking twice, Mary and I made a trip to Salt Lake City. During that trip Bryce Green and Freddy Carlson taught us how topaint.
HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot. INSTALLING LED HEADLIGHTS ON A 1967 MERCURY COUGAR They have a projector LED headlight called the OE7, which still looks like the vintage 7” glass lights used on Mustangs, but it has a projector housing inside with an LED bulb. Unfortunately, my 1967 Mercury Cougar has four 5.75” headlights. Dapper Lighting also sells an array of 5.75” lights with various halos, colors, and evenoptions
DOES YOUR BOAT HAVE EYEBROWS? Within weeks of buying Gimme Shelter, a section of our starboard eyebrow rail had snapped off. Then another and another. By the time we rang in 2017, we were missing several sections of the trim on both sides of the boat. Since O’day has been out of business for decades, there were no readily available replacement eyebrow rails.SVGIMMESHELTER
The 2k High Build — not so much, but if you dilute it enough it’s ok. The real problem was the Midnight Metallic Black. The Eastwood base colors mix 4:1, so while it’s $185 per gallon, you’re actually only getting 5 quarts. By comparison the PPG Shopline paintmixes 1:1 at
ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONEEPIPHONE DOVE VS HUMMINGBIRDEPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD ARTIST REVIEWEPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD SPECSUSED EPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD GUITAR The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you canSVGIMMESHELTER
The 2k High Build — not so much, but if you dilute it enough it’s ok. The real problem was the Midnight Metallic Black. The Eastwood base colors mix 4:1, so while it’s $185 per gallon, you’re actually only getting 5 quarts. By comparison the PPG Shopline paintmixes 1:1 at
ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite a CONVERTING AN ICEBOX INTO A REFRIGERATOR With the modern refrigerator kits from Isotherm and Adler-Barbour, converting an icebox is one of the easiest projects we’ve done. The very first step when attempting a conversion is to measure your icebox and calculate the volume. Ours was 16″ x 20″ x 21″. With a quick conversion that’s 1.33′ x 1.66′ x 1.75’= 3.88 cubic feet. GALVESTON BAY CRUISING GUIDE Pelican's Rest Marina This marina is located just off mile marker 26 in Offat's Bayou, just across from Moody Gardens on the south side of Galveston Island. The marina has a total of 10 transient slips, at $2.50 a foot. Reservations can be made by emailing dockmaster@pelicanrestmarina.com, but be prepared for a hefty amountof paperwork.
INSTALLING A NMEA 2000 BACKBONE One of the things we liked about our new Garmin chartplotter that we installed in December was its connectivity. The chartplotter was our first electronic device with a NMEA 2000 plug. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association, and 2000 is the standard set for communication between devices. Garmin sticks with a NMEA 2000nomenclature,
HOW TO CREATE A V-BERTH MATTRESS TOPPER How to create a V-berth mattress topper. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016. / SV Gimme Shelter. This project is dead simple. The only supplies needed are a king size foam mattress topper, a black marker, and that electric carving knife you only pull out of the drawer once a year at Thanksgiving. We picked up a 2″ king size foam topper from Target. UPGRADING MY UNIVERSAL/WESTERBEKE HEAT EXCHANGER: THE Upgrading my Universal/Westerbeke Heat Exchanger: The dumbest repair I’ve ever made. June 20, 2017 / SV Gimme Shelter. This is a tale of folly and failure. My lack of research and trust in manufacturers led me down a long path of woe. The Universal 5424 in our 1982 O’day 34 was overheating. The 3-cylinder diesel motor was rated to run at GUITAR COMPARISON: GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD VERSUS EPIPHONEEPIPHONE DOVE VS HUMMINGBIRDEPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD ARTIST REVIEWEPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD SPECSUSED EPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD GUITAR The Gibson Hummingbird has always been my dream guitar. It had that rock and roll pedigree, mellow mahogany tone, and just enough flamboyance to make it a legendary instrument. There's just one catch, it's really expensive. I fell in love with the Gibson back in my teens, and more than 20 years later, I finally WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPLACE THE MAINSAIL? Gimme Shelter is a 1982 O'day, and she still has her original mainsail. Yes, our main is 33 years old and so baggy that you could probably cut a storm jib out of it, re-stitch, and never even notice the material was gone. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to replace a sail. Sure, you can GIMME SHELTER THE BAND Upcoming Live Shows No public shows booked at this time. Shoot us an email to talk about booking! View all our Show Dates About Us Videos View More Videos Audio Tom Petty- Mary Jane's Last Dance Just Like Heaven Acoustic One Headlight Acoustic Listen to More Audio Setlist ABOUT | SVGIMMESHELTER About. Always ready for an adventure, Fred and Mary can usually be found sailing upper Galveston bay. Fred has a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and has spent the past 15 years working in news, advertising and PR. Mary has a French degree from Eastern Illinois University and works as a translator and travel coordinator. APRIL | 2021 | SVGIMMESHELTER 1 post published by SV Gimme Shelter during April 2021. It was challenging. It was rewarding. It was heartbreaking. During the month of March I tackled what I consider to be the pinnacle of a car restoration — the paint. THE HOUSTON SNOWPOCALYPSE OF 2021 The Farmer's Almanac predicted the last Houston freeze of 2021 to be February 17. What it didn't predict was that the freeze would begin the evening of February 14 and stick around until February 19. We knew the freeze was coming well in advance, and Mary spent quite aREMOTE WORKING
Remote Working. September 20, 2020. September 21, 2020. / SV Gimme Shelter. I literally haven’t worn shoes in 187 days. That was always the goal, right? A flip-flop lifestyle with cold suds, warm sun, and sandy beaches? One out of three ain’t bad. Until March, “remote worker” was sort of a mythical job description, held only by specialTHE $2 TOUR
The $2 Tour. Have a quick look inside Gimme Shelter, our 1982 O’Day34.
LEARNING TO PAINT: THE FIRST ATTEMPT Learning to Paint: The first attempt. February 5, 2021. February 5, 2021. / SV Gimme Shelter. In September 2019, back when the world was normal, and we jumped on airplanes to breath up each other’s exhales without thinking twice, Mary and I made a trip to Salt Lake City. During that trip Bryce Green and Freddy Carlson taught us how topaint.
HOW TO STOP A LEAKING MAST FOR $3.23 Then, several cruisers recommended a much simpler and cheaper solution. Wax toilet ring. They were $1.50 each at Home Depot. We bought two just to make sure we had enough to get around the entire mast. After tax our total expenditure was $3.23. First we removed the worthless white West Marine universal mast boot. INSTALLING LED HEADLIGHTS ON A 1967 MERCURY COUGAR They have a projector LED headlight called the OE7, which still looks like the vintage 7” glass lights used on Mustangs, but it has a projector housing inside with an LED bulb. Unfortunately, my 1967 Mercury Cougar has four 5.75” headlights. Dapper Lighting also sells an array of 5.75” lights with various halos, colors, and evenoptions
DOES YOUR BOAT HAVE EYEBROWS? Within weeks of buying Gimme Shelter, a section of our starboard eyebrow rail had snapped off. Then another and another. By the time we rang in 2017, we were missing several sections of the trim on both sides of the boat. Since O’day has been out of business for decades, there were no readily available replacement eyebrow rails.SVGIMMESHELTER
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Remember when we partied like it was 1999 because it was 1999? I still remember that night, my senior year of college at Texas A&M, gathered in an apartment with about 30 of my closest friends — most of the university swimming and diving team, a bunch of us Rec Center lifeguards, and a few others that were regulars in our social circle. I spent the evening hoping that through some miracle I might get to kiss the girl I liked at midnight and wondering if the Y2K bug was going to wipe out all of our computers. Spoiler alert, neitherhappened.
It’s hard to believe that was 20 years ago, especially since most of the time I still feel about 25. I jumped with both feet into the newspaper industry just in time to watch it die a slow horrible death. Back then, getting your picture in the paper was a big deal. People talked about it for years. Now, nobody cares about anything except celebrity retweets, and everyone is trying to be an “influencer.” Social media brought the democratization of journalism but with a loss of quality and a loss of truth. Everyone has an outlet and is screaming at the top of their lungs to be heard over the noise, but nobody had to sit through media law 101, and it shows. Our 2019 celebration was a far cry from 1999. I don’t know if I could still even come up with 30 people to invite to a party, much less get them out of the house after 9 p.m. anymore. We were just a party of four out on the water. This marks our one year anniversary working on the Kadey Krogen 38 sailboat. As always, it came down to the eleventh hour as to whether or not she would be working for the trip out into Galveston Bay to watch fireworks. The dodger combing that was having fiberglass repair done wasn’t reinstalled until the evening before. Unfortunately $3,000 later, it looks wonderful, and is much stronger, but obstructs the companionway from opening and closing correctly. It will have to come back off for more repair. I also spent the four hours leading up to when our guests arrived crawling through the bilge and anchor locker to get a pump working and to rewire two of the running lights, which quit for no reason. However, the windlass, which has been relocated and then rewired with a solenoid and up and down buttons worked pretty well. Unfortunately the chain seems to slip every fifth link or so, and I can’t tell if it’s because we have low grade chain or if the gypsy is worn out and needs to be replaced. I know that earlier I said I still feel 25, but I may be getting too old for project boats. Despite all the trials, we made it out onto the bay to watch the fireworks. Mary made full use of the oven on the new boat to make some delicious Hawaiian roll ham and cheese sliders, and the full cockpit enclosure kept us warm. Despite the ongoing maintenance issues, this boat definitely has some advantages over our previous vessels. While there’s no telling what’s in store for us in 2020, we are very excited that there will be an addition to the family in May. Parenting will be the biggest adventure we’ve ever undertaken. I also want to say congratulations to our friend’s TJ and Kayla who were brave enough to spend new years with us on the water. They’re tying the knot in 2020, and we’re very excited for their upcomingnuptials.
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7 DAYS CHARTERING IN GREECE: DAY 3 – HYDRA December 9, 2019December 10, 2019/ SV Gimme Shelter
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As we were enjoying breakfast on our third day on the boat, we watched a propane truck completely demolish a electrical/water station. The repair guys were there almost immediately to repair it. Apparently most of these Islands have water brought in by boat and stored in massive tanks on the island, so water leaks do not go unnoticed. Our captain was not excited about our next destination, but under insistence from some of the crew we motored off for Hydra (EE-Dra). As you enter the city its surrounded on both sides by massive fortress walls with cannons sticking out. The city had an older feel than Poros. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad We did some exploring and went through the Lazaros Koundouriotis Historical Mansion, while the guys had coffee by the water. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad Donkeys are everywhere in Hydra and are the main source of transportation as well as hauling goods. We saw one carrying full size refrigerator on its back. We decided to trust the travel books and take a long walk up to a monastary that overlooks the town. The books claimed that it was about an hour walk. It was closer to two hours for us, as no one told us itwas 90% stairs.
When we got to the top we took a wrong turn, after a few EXTRA steps we finally made it to the correct monastery. There were monks actively living there. I can’t imagine how they do that walk on a regular basis. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad The view from the top made it somewhat worth it. We walked back down close to sunset, and were surprised by large amounts of loitering cats. They were forming cat gangs and digging in dumpsters. They all seemed friendly and well fed though, and we saw small piles of cat food left around untouched. We had a lovely meal at a “tourist” restaurant. Yiannis our captain informed us that although our meals were only around 12 Euros a person this restaurant would be too expensive for most locals to eatat.
The waiter informed us that they had just picked the olives on his families farm for the season and offered us some some fresh squeezed Olive Oil. The taste was green and fresh. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad As it began to get dark we began to understand why our captain didn’t want to come to Hydra. There was limited parking, but it didn’t seem to bother the hordes of boats that just kept coming into the little cove. We were med-moored 3 rows deep on both sides before we settled in for bed. Yiannis, our captain warned us that when the wind picked up tonight at 4 am, everyone would be awake. He was right. I woke up to the engine starting, and lines being frantically pulled in and let out. The boats in the second and third rows had started to drag anchor and be pushed into the front of our boat. Each boat had an exhausted and angry looking captain sitting out with boat poles holding other boats away from his boat. This continued until the sun finally came up and the boats were able to leave from the outside in. I think if we had been up all night like Yiannis was we probably would not want to ever come back to Hydra. But for me, even with the half night of sleep, Hydra was worth it. It was a beautiful old city with a different character than other places we visited.SHARE THIS:
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7 DAYS CHARTERING IN GREECE: DAY 2 – POROSNovember 24, 2019
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The first morning waking up on the boat set the tone for the rest of the vacation. Four of us woke early to have coffee and breakfast and prep the boat for an early departure, and three of us slept. We put the sails up for awhile, but there was little to no wind. We passed by Aegina and some large rocks to enter into the harbor near Poros. We saw our first and only flying fish We took some time to anchor in a cove by ourselves, don our wet suits and do a bit of swimming. We saw a few fish but not a lot. Lots of old moorings and nets. Sea urchins were everywhere on the shores. Pulling into Poros it was impossible not to be overwhelmed by how beautiful the city was. It was as if the city rose up out of the sea on the mountain and we were moored at the base of it. We had our first attempt at med mooring. After picking up a tire on the first try we got ourselves settled in. We did a short hike up to the clock tower and explored some old churches. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad We began to see why Greece is known for its cats. Me and Fred took off to get some good night time shots, while everyone else settled in at the one cafe with wifi.SHARE THIS:
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7 DAYS CHARTERING IN GREECE: DAY 1 – PLANNING AND PAPERWORK November 21, 2019November 21, 2019/ SV Gimme Shelter
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A “last minute” birthday invite from a friend led us on an adventure chartering a 42ft Fountaine Pajot Cat in Greece this fall. Last minute for me is only have three months to plan provisions, anchorages, and our sail plans. We stressed over the plans for the entire three months, but in the end picked a fairly well-traveled path around the Saronic Gulf just westof Athens.
I used the same method as my last trip to plan the provisions. You can read those details here.
The only difference this time was that everything was in KG and G and so it took a bit more math on my part. We sent the list off to a provisioning company this time instead of doing the shopping ourselves, and had the supplies delivered to the boat. We got in early to the marina Saturday, but the food arrived late. The charter manager sat us down to sign paperwork and pay all of the remaining money owed. He explained to us that there would be a $3600 deposit paid, and if there was any damage at all to the boat that we would be out the cost of repairs or all of that money if the repair was higher than their insurance deductible. We could however pay $300 up front to have the insurance put into our name, and we would then be covered for damages. After much debate we decided to go ahead and pay for the insurance money. It was worth it to not have to worry throughout the week. The marina was a busy place. The docks were just big enough for cars to drive down, and they did. They drove full speed, forwards and inreverse.
After loading the provisions and signing paperwork it was too late to head out. We opened up a few cans of Mythos and headed over to a local place that our captain recommended. He helped us to order a hearty Greek style group meal that ended up being enough food for three days. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad We all went to bed excited to start our adventure on the open ocean inthe morning.
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SOUTHEAST TEXAS CATS MERCURY COUGAR CLUBNovember 15, 2019
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It was about a year ago I met Thomas Folk in person in a Home Depot parking lot. It was during a Saturday evening car show, but neither of us had our Mercury Cougar’s at the event. When you invest the time and effort into a classic car, you want to talk about it, and it only took about a week before Mary was completely tired of hearing about problems with pulley alignment and my hypotheses as to why the dash lights weren’t working. Tom and I talked cars and discussed the potential for creating a local club. He stepped up and did the networking with the Cougar Club of America and tracked down other Cougar owners in the area. I put together a logo and a Facebook page, and in December 2018, we had our first meeting of the Southeast Texas Cats.
Our December meeting will mark the one year anniversary, and while our event attendance isn’t breaking any records, I think it’s pretty remarkable that a free organization run by enthusiasts has made it anentire year.
The November event was a cruise I suggested in the Clear Lake area that started at the Seabrook Waffle Company and ended at the Lone Star Flight Museum. Apparently I wasn’t the only person who thought the Seabrook Waffle Company was a great spot for a Saturday morning car meet because the local Volkswagen club was there as well. We had a nice drive down Nasa Road 1, then up Space Center Parkway around to State Highway 3 to end at the Lone Star Flight Museum, which was having some nice activities in conjunction with Memorial Day. Here’s a quick video recap of the cruise, and if you’re in the Houston area and want to know more about classic Mercury Cougars, stop by one of our upcoming meetings.
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INSTALLING LED HEADLIGHTS ON A 1967 MERCURY COUGARAugust 9, 2019
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I like the warm, yellow glow of vintage halogen headlights. Unfortunately, they’re not so great for actually seeing at night. The go-to fix for the past 10 years has been High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlight conversion kits. Of course, these bulbs draw much more power than the originals, which wasn’t great for vintage wiring that was never meant to handle that sort of amp draw in the first place. The solve that issue, it required the installation of a headlight relay and some new wiring to alleviate the load. Otherwise, turning on your brights might result in a fire. With LED technology becoming so commonplace I figured there had to be a better solution. We converted all the bulbs in our boat to LED years ago. Surprisingly, there still wasn’t a great LED solution being carried by any of the major restoration and parts shops. Projector LEDs are by far the best option, but most of them are really funky looking. I wanted something that looked as original as possible. My search led me to a site called dapperlighting.com . They have a projector LED headlight called the OE7, which still looks like the vintage 7” glass lights used on Mustangs, but it has a projector housing inside with an LED bulb. Unfortunately, my 1967 Mercury Cougar has four 5.75”headlights.
Dapper Lighting also sells an array of 5.75” lights with various halos, colors, and even options to make them change colors and work as turn signals, etc. It’s neat tech, but it’s not what I needed at all. My headlights don’t even show unless they’re turned on, so having halos that come on with the parking lights or turn signals built into them would be a complete waste of money. My search moved on to eBay. I found a vendor called Stark Lighting that was selling stock looking 5.75” glass bulb housing with an H4 bulb socket on the back paired with LED bulbs. It was a plug and play solution, but I was hesitant to purchase them. Being a non-projector bulb and housing, I was really worried about the glare. I can’t stand those cars on the road that put the HID bulbs in a housing that was never meant for them and blind everyone on the freeway. After much debate and a drive home from the grocery store during which I couldn’t tell if my headlights were turned on or not, I finally decided to give them a try.cof
While the Stark Lighting eBay listings proudly display the Sylvania logo, there was not any sort of logo to be found on any of theirpackaging.
The housings are real glass, but they don’t have the same concave surface as the stock lights. The bulbs have a large heatsink and fan on the back. I have my questions regarding the longevity of those little fans, but we’llsee.
The metal retaining rings took some finagling to seat over the H4 housings, but there were no issues with the bulbs protruding out of the back. There was plenty of clearance for everything. All four bulbs have high- and low-beam capability, so you just leave the center blade exposed when you press the connections together on the high-beam onlyplugs.
The result was a stock looking headlight with a very white light.rhdr
I drove the car around for a weekend with stock headlights on the driver side and LED headlights on the passenger side. There was a dramatic difference.rhdr
I could see much further down the road with the LEDs. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad I was hoping that after the conversion I would be able to just change the bulbs from the rear of the housing instead of removing the entire housing, but there is a retainer clip over the bulb that can’t be opened with the housing installed in the car. I don’t feel like these lights cause crazy glare for oncoming drivers, but I aimed them down more than what the manual specifiesjust in case.
Now even in a well-lit parking lot at night, I can still tell my headlights are on when I pull the switch. This has definitely been one of the best modifications I’ve made to the car.SHARE THIS:
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1960 CRESTLINER: PHASE 2July 16, 2019
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Last week we headed to Illinois four days earlier than the rest of the family to get the Crestliner running and comfortable for the 4th ofJuly.
While we were gone I had a rebuilt outboard put onto the back of the boat. When the shop installed the outboard, they also replaced the rotten transom board for me. When we started the project, we had an idea that we would pattern a new floor with painters plastic or butcher paper. This didn’t work too well. It was very difficult to keep the plastic tight on both sides on the curved edge. It was also impossible to reach both sides at once without being in the middle of them. We ended up doing side to side measurements every 6 inches to create a pattern. Not perfect, but not bad The subfloor of the boat had been filled with styrofoam, but throughout the decades, it had become water-logged, crumbly and moldy. When I looked up replacement options for closed cell foam, the slick mix and pour foam that would have perfectly formed to the subfloor troughs was far too pricey for this project. After googling several types of closed cell foam, we landed on pool noodles! $50 for enough to fill the whole thing. We secured the floor over top by screwing it into the metal ribs. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad The next step was the front seat. My father had a bench screwed down on all sides, but we wanted to make it open up to provide access to the storage we found underneath. This was obviously the original design since the hinges were actually welded in place. We decided to cover the seat and the floor with a vinyl imitation teak decking. It’s soft on the feet, non-slip, pretty to look at, and it keeps you from getting splinters. After the flooring we took considerable time to install some swivel chairs. It was difficult because they bolted in both sides. During the spring we made some cushions for the aft part of the boat using some closed cell foam and sunbrella leftover from our sailboat interior. Our next step was to make some bases for them. We chose to do a rectangular plywood base with 2x2s as joiners in the corners. After we had them all put together and painted, we traced them onto the floor where we wanted them. I then took them out of the boat and cleaned the plywood floor carefully before sticking down the vinyl decking. Then we bolted down the side seats and left the middle seat as a floater, which can be also be used as a step or a coffee table. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad The last thing we needed was to get the lights running on the boat. That was fairly simple as the wiring isn’t very complex so we just ran all new. We ended up buying new stern and fore lights as well. Our last obstacle was some safety concerns on the trailer. Our forward winch wasn’t working at all, so we got a replacement for it along with some new tires at the local farm store. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad We did a quick test run in the yard, as well as some backing practice. The yoke of the trailer turned out to be a bit crooked, so pulling straight back involved a sort of S pattern wobble with the steering wheel to compensate. Finally we got to take her down to the river! I can’t wait to take her out many more times in the future.SHARE THIS:
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CAPTURING JUPITER OPPOSITION 2019 June 19, 2019June 21, 2019/ SV Gimme Shelter
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Living in Houston, I don’t do much astrophotography. When I do attempt to capture the night sky, it’s usually with a wide angle lens and a long exposure, like this shot from the Lick Observatory in California a few years ago. However, this month all of the news outlets in Houston were hyping up Jupiter and claiming that you would be able to see not only the planet, but also its four largest moons with only binoculars June 10. I decided to had to check it out. I pulled out my vintage Leica R 400mm f6.8 Telyt and stacked both a 2x teleconverter and a 1.4x teleconverter before attaching it to a Sony A7II and bolting it all to a good tripod. I’m not a big fan of teleconverters since you lose stops of light and some detail, but I was going for maximum magnification, and this rig got me the equivalent of a 1120mm lens. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad For reference, this is how close 1120mm gets you to the moon on a full-frame, 35mm equivalent camera. I have the StarTracker app on my phone, so I knew right where to look in the sky. The hardest part of the evening was waiting until Jupiter made its appearance above the neighbor’s trees about 10:30 p.m. I took a couple dozen shots at varying shutter speeds and ISOs, but it seemed like f8 (plus the lost stops from the teleconverters, so actually f22), 1/500 second at ISO 1600 gave the clearest results. However, I had to develop the RAW files twice — once to properly expose Jupiter and once to expose the moons. Then I combined the two files into one photo. There is Jupiter with Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. It’s not going to win any awards, but it’s pretty cool that you can see at least some amount of detail on Jupiter even using old lenses from the1970s.
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RESTORING MY DAD’S 1960 CRESTLINERMay 2, 2019
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When we were kids, Sunday afternoons after church were often spent out on the Mississippi in our family boat. We would swim in the gross brown water, fish, tube off the back of the boat, or explore the sandy islands that dot the river. We used to take the boat on vacations with us, and we always took the cousins out when they came to visit. The 1960 Crestliner was the first boat that we owned. My dad got it from his parents when he was in high school. My mom says it was in worse shape then than when I got it. My dad fixed it up and used to drive it way too fast, ramping off barge wakes. Our family moved on to other boats, but my dad was not the kind of man to get rid of old things. We started to have more of an Armada in our yard. When he passed away a couple years ago he left us three boats as part of his large “collection” of items. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad I chose the Crestliner to keep for myself for three reasons. 1. It’s aluminum and so simply designed that not much can go wrong. 2. It’s small and easy. 3. It was the first and meant the most to my dad. I’ve had it for a couple years now, but I just got started on the process of restoring it into something that we can use again as afamily.
The first step was to rip up the rotten wood floors. After that I had to take out all of the flotation foam because there was years worth of compost underneath. I scooped out six five-gallon buckets of dirt from the bottom of the hull. It turned out that most of the foam was old and rotted anyway, so I threw it all out. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad Then we hosed it down and I took it over to a mechanic to get the engine inspected. Phase 2 will be a new wooden floor, new seats and a running engine. Hopefully in time for the 4th of July!SHARE THIS:
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5 TIPS FOR BETTER WRITING April 25, 2019April 25, 2019/
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CHECK YOUR FACTS
You know exactly what you think you know until you look it up. Hmm, that mango looks like it would make some great guacamole. Even if you’re positive everything is correct, take the time to utilize spellcheck, check your AP Style Guide, and run any bold claims through sites like Snopes.com or FactCheck.org. Remember to check your graphics and photos for accuracy as well. KEEP YOUR MESSAGE FOCUSED Cramming too many messages together causes clutter and confusion. Those poor children. Powered by wordads.co Thank you for submitting the report! Seen ad many times Not relevant Offensive Covers content Broken Report this ad Lead with what is important and keep your messages brief and to the point. Rambling is an easy way to lose readers. Make a new post foreach topic.
UPDATE YOUR MESSAGING What was once inspirational can end up being offensive. First step to helping, stop calling them retarded! Revisit your strategy. Do the slogans and calls to action used in the past still make sense? BE AWARE OF CULTURAL CONNOTATIONS Stay sensitive to the culture and history of your target audience. Was this craigslist user named Jim Crow? I doubt this poster was even aware of the cultural history of his or her title, but if a business was to make the same sort of mistake, it could cause major backlash. FOCUS YOUR MESSAGE TO EACH CHANNEL Hot links and video are great, unless you’re working in print. What is this new paper technology? No batteries required! Blogs are not the same as Facebook, which is not the same as Instagram, which is not the same as LinkedIn, and you get what I’m saying. Craft your message to best fit each channel, but to complement across all channels. Nothing is more irritating than messages that are cut off, links that don’t work, or the promise of photos or video when there are none.SHARE THIS:
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