Beauty Dolphins Lightning Seacocks Ep227

What is more sexy than a beautiful woman and friends of the sea? Dolphins swim close by while Steve reads poetry and Karen exercises. Life on Isabella is full of wonderful experiences and we love sharing them with our subscribers and viewers. Your support really helps to keep us going; especially when you are a subscriber. Last time after subscribing to SiriusXM weather, it was discovered that our weather antenna wasn’t working. Happy to report now that with our new weather antenna we can access many SiriusXM weather charts on the Garmin 1242xsv chartplotter. Some of the data reported is wave height and period, wind direction and speed, current, weather forecast including location of lightning strikes and storm tracking. Lightning strikes on boats; especially sailboats, is always a concern. With two tall lightning rods better known as masts, thunderstorms produce a feeling of uneasiness. Since lightning typically takes a path of least resistance, we try to suggest a route that would cause the least amount of damage to Isabella and the various electronic instruments on board. When there is a chance of lightning, we hook jumper cables to two of the stainless steel shrouds on the sides of the masts and drop them into the water. Assuming lightning strikes a mast, it could travel down the mast to the shroud and into the water, thus avoiding major damage. You know what people say about assuming and we are always keeping our fingers crossed during an electrical storm. West Marine is closing about 59 of their stores across the United States. They have been marking down their inventory 30% to 70% of the original costs. So….we went shopping and found some fabulous deals we couldn’t resist. Sorry to see those stores close but happy to enjoy the discounts. Watch this weeks video to see what loot we brought home. We love dancing; at least that’s what we call our rhythmic moves to music, and have done Salsa moves in the past. Now we’ve decided to refine those Salsa steps and are practicing them with more purpose. Hopefully you all will be able to see our progress in upcoming episodes. We are on S/V Isabella a Super Mikado 56 manufactured in France by C.N.S.O. (Constructions Nautiques du Sud-Ouest). Isabella is a sailing ketch and is considered a 1990/2010 model. It has four private cabins, an engine room, salon, galley, and three heads with two separate shower stalls. The hull is fiberglass and is considered a bluewater cruiser. Isabella has a excellent capsize ratio of 1.68 and a very good comfort ratio of 42.19. She is equipped with Garmin / Raymarine electronics and has hydraulic steering. The naval architect was Michel Bigoin who also designed the largest sailboat in the world which was manufactured in 1976 and called Phocea. It was a 246 foot four masted steel schooner and was considered the largest private sailing yacht in the world until 2004. Additional Links: Hey y’all, our Sony video camera broke and you can help us replace it. Find out more at: https://gofund.me/231be506c You can also follow us at: https://linktr.ee/sailingintermission We are now on Patreon and OnlyFans! Musical Attributes: Son Habana – Cha Cha Cha #lightning #dolphins #poetry #salsadancing #salsa #sailingintermission #liveaboardlife #sailingcouple #boatlife #mikado56 #garmin #SiriusXM #propane #radar #weather #weatherantenna #chartplotter #exercise #westmarine #shorepower