The galley
Here is Thelma's galley where we cooked many good meals and loafs of bread (from 1998 to 2001). Cooking was a little tricky during passages as the boat was rocking and rolling.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Ben's space on board and more...
Here is Ben's little bed when we lived on our sail boat. Ben was born in Guam. He is an "island boy" as he likes to call himself. We were staying at a marina at that time, tied to the dock, which was so nice. Didn't need to climb down into the dingy to row ashore which wasn't bad in regular time but with a big tummy or holding a baby would have been pretty challenging. It was also wonderful to have endless fresh water to shower or just cool down with. I used to fill up a big storage bin with water and let it warm up in the sun during the day to give Ben a nice warm bath.
In July Guam was hit by the tail of a typhoon which created a very strong current in the marina. It made it unsafe for us (Ben & I) to stay on board so we moved to a motel room for a while. What a luxury! Nice to sleep in a bed that wasn't rocking. This weather made us realise that we were not ready to raise our children in these conditions. 
In August Bill left Guam and singlehanded back to San Diego for us to live a "normal life". It took Bill 71 days to cross the pacific but that's another story in itself!
To be continued...
Sylviane
Monday, September 8, 2008
The velcro story
I grew up in an apartment above the velcro factory. Did you know that the inventor of velcro was Swiss? His name was George deMestral. My mom worked for him (he even had lunch with us almost everyday!) and had full access to the factory so after hours it became our playground. But that's another story...let's go back to why my mom would be proud of me for hanging my curtains with velcro!
Everything in our apartment was held with velcro. My mom childproofed all the drawers and cabinet doors with it, our jackets had velcro after the zipper had broken, the picture frames were held on the wall with.....yes, velcro and of course the curtains! We also had a big, no huge, panel on the wall covered with felt and dozens of Disney wooden figures that my aunt had sawn and painted. All the characters had a piece of velcro in the back. We played with it for hours making stories and undoing them! Good times...Thanks mom!
Sylviane
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