Writes and Wrongs of Passage by Suzy O'Keefe

...a collection of stories, recipies, journal entries, adventures, photos, drawings, and lessons learned during my time on the ocean. Putting all these pieces together is quite a task, and my fiancee, Ken Mayer, gets full credit for making this hodgepodge into a coherent WebBook.

It's a work in progress and will continue to be so especially after we escape the bonds of land for Wishful Thinking's cruise to warmer climates.

My primary sailing ground thus far can be approximated by drawing a rather odd shaped box on the globe with the corners being Southern Mexico, Australia, Hawaii, and the San Francisco Bay see my resume if your interested. You'll find many references to the Mexican people and their foods. That's because (so far) I've enjoyed Mexico the most of any of my sailing destinations. I think I can explain why with one sentence: "Mexico has good food, cheap beer & rum, wonderful people, warm water, music, culture, dance, arts, crafts, and it's close to home and spare boat parts." Australia runs a close second place, but Mexico still wins out with me.

The Underway Gourmet

• Provisioning and Storage
• Provisioning the "Rest of the Boat"
• Utensils & Appliances (electric & non)
• Grilling Secrets
• Recipes
• On a lighter note

Collected Wisdom Things They Don't Teach You in Cruising Seminars This Is Supposed to be FUN Gotcha Covered...Custom Cruising Covers If You Don't Know Baby Wipes Motor Mount Solutions Refrigeration Issues Tail Tie 'Em Meat Hooks Cleaning Tough Stains Vinyl Lettering Do you now where your friends are? Lessons learned Simple Instructions for Making Any-Sized Bag from a Single Piece of Material Gimbaled Stove Locks Who says so? Do your homework before you buy Spanish speaking?

Travelogues

• Across the Lifeline
• Gringos Globos
• Footprints in the Sugar Bowl
• Melaque / Tenacatita Regata
• A walking map of Zihuatanejo
• Voyaging Inland (Lots of Drawings)
• Hard to Put Into Words
• Bicycle to Benz
• Einstein (a poem)
• What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
• Saull-Itaire of Wight
• Malmac
• Twissel Rig
• Life Aboard the BFB
• It Was Inevitable
• Voyage of the "If Only" / Violation of Rule # 2
• Cruiserisms
• There Was This One Day In San Juanico

Microship Months

• The Stoning
• An Easy Friendship

The Cranky Curmudgeon

• I've Got A Beef!
• Letter to the BCDC
• Something So Simple

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