Nov 15, 2008 Langkawi: We love WD-40! Especially for removing beach tar from our bare feet. But we also use it on interior brass... to make the polish last for months. (Carolyn got confused one morning and sprayed her armpits with it... she was one smooth lady that day!)

August 2009 Rebak, Malaysia: We don't have any self-tailing winches on Wild Card. Thus we tie a knot in our jib sheets and toss 'em overboard when we want selff-tailers. Cheap and easy... only problem is our fellow boaters yelling, "Hey, Skip! You got a line overboard..!"

September: anchored off Kuah: we don't have a water maker. We catch water from our deck (for cleaning dishes, etc) and from our Bimini top for drinking. We once went 53 days at sea without taking on dock water... thank gosh for the ITCZ squalls on the equator!