More free audio books and The Melbourne Gam
By Mike Jastrzebski
Free Key Lime Blues audio books
If you did not win one of the 10 audio books I gave away last month I am giving away 15 more audio copies of Key Lime Blues free. These books are distributed directly through Audible Books and all you have to do is send me an email by Saturday 11/23/2013 at mike@mikejastrzebski.com and I will enter you in the drawing. Doing so will place you on my mailing list but I do not spam. In fact, I have not yet put out my first newsletter and will not so until the next Wes Darling Mystery, Stranded Naked Blues, is available after the first of the year. I will post the audio book winners next Monday the 25th.
The SSCA Melbourne Gam
We spent the weekend at the Seven Seas Cruising Association’s Melbourne Gam. Above is a picture of the Cruise RO water maker we purchased for Rough Draft. In fact, this is the exact water maker since we bought the demo model that was on display at the gam. It was a new model and we were able to save $185.00 shipping plus they threw in a one year supply of filters and pickling agent. This unit runs off of our Honda 2000 generator and will produce 20 gallons of water an hour. Once I have it up and running I’ll post a review here on Write on the Water.
Also, after talking to the US distributors of COPPERCOAT bottom paint we decided to pay the extra money and cover the bottom of our boat with the product in January when we pull the boat for a bottom job. I was able to talk to a couple of fellow boaters who have used the product and they were very enthusiastic about it.
COPPERCOAT advertises that their bottom coat will last ten years with no barnacle growth and that some boats are going on close to twenty years with only minor touch up of the bottom coat. The cost at boat show pricing is $1000.00 for an Islander 36, but even if it means I only have to do a bottom job every 6-8 years I figure I’ll come out ahead. Unfortunately, I will not be able to do a review on this product for another year or more, but I will do a post in January about prepping the boat and applying the COPPERCOAT.
Overall, I found the Gam to be well run, engaging, and filled with useful information. This was our first Gam but I doubt it will be our last. We made some new friends and connected with some old friends, and after all, isn’t that one of the reasons many of us go cruising in the first place?
If you’re a cruiser or want-to-be cruiser and have never attended an SSCA Gam, I highly recommend that you do so.
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