Ça me suffit

At long last I'm making headway - I have a boat that is mobile. Well, a second boat to be more accurate. After being at loggerheads with Marc over winterizing Frog's legs, he has given me the keys to Sam Suffi a smaller cuddy-cabin boat. With a shallow draft, low profile and lighter displacement, it will be a piece of cake to solo-navigate the smaller canals, and because it only has a 30hp outboard, I don't have to have insurance or a special license. And best of all, I can use it all winter.

Mark said he'd show me the ropes on the automated locks today.

I won't be able to take a whole herd along with me, but "ça me suffit" - it'll do (I learned my first French pun!). The Ill River awaits. (I hope that isn't a harbinger of how my crew will feel.)

Forging ahead on the reno front, my next priority is to chase down that topsides leak. I have a caulking gun and I know how to use it.

-- "Captain Sam"
(see if you can spot the nautical nomenclature)