How many of us wish we could sail on the Catina II? I know I would love it!
Catina 1929 - 2014; Our Fishing Vessel
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Dawgluver
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Cooking Goddess
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Dang! I went looking to see if they said how big the mugs were and I never found that. Thanks Dawg. I guess I only know about the really old Corelle cups. We got a set of Butterfly Gold for our shower nearly 40 years ago and all I remember from back then were very unmanly-sized cups.
Back the 8 oz was a normal size for a coffee cup. I have some of those little cups from a Duralex set of dishes I bought in the late '70s. The only time those get used for coffee nowadays is when I serve espresso in them.Dang! I went looking to see if they said how big the mugs were and I never found that. Thanks Dawg. I guess I only know about the really old Corelle cups. We got a set of Butterfly Gold for our shower nearly 40 years ago and all I remember from back then were very unmanly-sized cups.
Mad Cook
Master Chef
Congratulations. I hope everything goes well and you have many more years of sailing. "God bless her and all who sail in her"
Mad Cook
Master Chef
Beautiful boat.I think you would be happy with Corelle. They sure take a beating, pretty much indestructible.
Our boat is a Carver 325, named "Crews Inn II". It depends how you pronounce it.
Not in the same class but when I was in my early teens my Dad and I built one of these:-
Mirror dinghy 50 years old: The boat that launched a thousand Olympic dreams - Mirror Online
It was sold as a DIY kit by the Daily Mirror newspaper and we built it in the evenings and on Sundays over the winter. We spent many summers with it at the seaside on Anglesey - an island off the coast of North Wales where we had a holiday caravan (trailer). I learned to sail in it (couldn't do it now!) and Dad and my uncle used to go fishing for mackerel for supper in it.
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Wow MC! Built a dinghy with your dad. I'm impressed, even if it was a DIY kit.
Thank you all! I have such amazing news! The first of the electronics were delivered to our Constanta home today. The sonar, the radio, and the GPS and the fishfinder are there!
The radar arrives next week sometime, and the antennae and mast will be a little longer because these have to be custom-built. Uck. That took forever. Germans can be difficult.
I'd love to have all of you onboard her! The Gizzi would be in sea galley heaven with so many good cooks aboard!
She's made only 28 miles since I last posted. Squalls and ice have misbehaved and so her progress is slow. In the mean time, Catina is being dismantled and the work is going well so far as CatinaII makes her way along the coast.
I've found this very challenging for doing all this on the computer and on the phone. But I've had a lot of help from the architect and the engineer Papa has working for him. I won't know anything about the shafts or the rudder or the screws until CatinaII is in dry dock and they can make the precise measurements. I do know she will have two screws and a very large rudder, but that is all I know right now about her propulsion system. She will have two engines but I think I said that already.
Papa is giving away many good parts of Catina to other vessels. Some Black Sea fishing vessels are not like the American vessels, and so many need a bit of help. The Constanta Black Sea fishing fleet is very close-knitted and everyone helps another always. Papa and other more successful ones have given fish and supplies and other things to those who are not so fortunate, and so it is much like a family.
I received a note in the mail from the Gizzi on Friday. It made me cry. He called me Little Captain and said he would give two seasons, if I were there. He said I was just like Papa and he said he loves all of us, Papa, Mamma, and me.
I will not let him down. I love him and his family also. For he to say I am just like Papa is an extraordinary compliment. Maybe someday I'll deserve it.
With love,
~Cat
The radar arrives next week sometime, and the antennae and mast will be a little longer because these have to be custom-built. Uck. That took forever. Germans can be difficult.
I'd love to have all of you onboard her! The Gizzi would be in sea galley heaven with so many good cooks aboard!
She's made only 28 miles since I last posted. Squalls and ice have misbehaved and so her progress is slow. In the mean time, Catina is being dismantled and the work is going well so far as CatinaII makes her way along the coast.
I've found this very challenging for doing all this on the computer and on the phone. But I've had a lot of help from the architect and the engineer Papa has working for him. I won't know anything about the shafts or the rudder or the screws until CatinaII is in dry dock and they can make the precise measurements. I do know she will have two screws and a very large rudder, but that is all I know right now about her propulsion system. She will have two engines but I think I said that already.
Papa is giving away many good parts of Catina to other vessels. Some Black Sea fishing vessels are not like the American vessels, and so many need a bit of help. The Constanta Black Sea fishing fleet is very close-knitted and everyone helps another always. Papa and other more successful ones have given fish and supplies and other things to those who are not so fortunate, and so it is much like a family.
I received a note in the mail from the Gizzi on Friday. It made me cry. He called me Little Captain and said he would give two seasons, if I were there. He said I was just like Papa and he said he loves all of us, Papa, Mamma, and me.
I will not let him down. I love him and his family also. For he to say I am just like Papa is an extraordinary compliment. Maybe someday I'll deserve it.
With love,
~Cat
Nice to hear that everything is progressing well. What a sweet thing for the Gizzi to say. <3
He and his wife came to my baptism. I love them and their family. When we go to their home, the only way to describe it is "happy pandemonium."
They have many children and grandchildren, and there is so very much love there.
Thank you, Taxy. He is a very kind and good man, and his family is just like him.
With love,
~Cat
They have many children and grandchildren, and there is so very much love there.
Thank you, Taxy. He is a very kind and good man, and his family is just like him.
With love,
~Cat
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Cat, is Gizzi a nickname or does it mean something? Does it translate into English? 
It's a nickname. Roughly translated, it means "a rat in a kitchen." Someone started that about 20 years ago, I think, and it stuck to him. He likes it! His real name is the same for male and female, and he doesn't like that.
He also likes rats and other small rodents, but not on the boat. He always has a pair of rats at home. It's fun to see their cats frustrate themselves trying to get to their cage!
Look what I found! I think there's a way to stay in touch next season! We won't need it this year for she won't be out very much yet:
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With love,
~Cat
He also likes rats and other small rodents, but not on the boat. He always has a pair of rats at home. It's fun to see their cats frustrate themselves trying to get to their cage!
Look what I found! I think there's a way to stay in touch next season! We won't need it this year for she won't be out very much yet:
Marlink, Fishing Boats and Vessels, Sealink, MSS, Maritime VSAT, Maritime Satellite Communications, Fleet Broadband, Maritime Email, Maritime Broadband, Marine Satellite Communications, Marine VSAT, Ship Satellite Communications, Onboard Internet, On
With love,
~Cat
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Yes! It seems feasible.
She only has made 19 miles. The ice is becoming a bad problem. Papa said we'll be lucky to get her to Constanta on time but he's not worried. He said she will get there, and the work will start.
I wish I could be there!
With love,
~Cat
She only has made 19 miles. The ice is becoming a bad problem. Papa said we'll be lucky to get her to Constanta on time but he's not worried. He said she will get there, and the work will start.
I wish I could be there!
With love,
~Cat
She has stopped now. The ice is severe and posing a very bad danger.
I spoke to the Gizzi and his wife today! They are very happy about the new Catina II, but he says he will only give two seasons for me, then he will retire.
One of his sons is an excellent cook, and has expressed an interest of working for Papa on Catina II!! He will speak to Papa of this. Wouldn't this be just wonderful? He has offered to train under his father for the Gizzi's last two seasons.
I am so happy! Here is the hope of the Gizzi's legacy upon Catina II! This is so much more than I had ever hoped for! I am so happy tonight I feel as I will burst.
With love,
~Cat
I spoke to the Gizzi and his wife today! They are very happy about the new Catina II, but he says he will only give two seasons for me, then he will retire.
One of his sons is an excellent cook, and has expressed an interest of working for Papa on Catina II!! He will speak to Papa of this. Wouldn't this be just wonderful? He has offered to train under his father for the Gizzi's last two seasons.
I am so happy! Here is the hope of the Gizzi's legacy upon Catina II! This is so much more than I had ever hoped for! I am so happy tonight I feel as I will burst.
With love,
~Cat
The weather finally cleared.
Catina II is home!!
Oh my oh my I am so very happy! She made it!! I missed a call from Papa but Mamma called and she is HOME!!!!
Everything has arrived to our Constanta home to wait for to be put on her, now it's to the architect and engineer to put her together!
We did it, we did it!! HA!!! I'm so very happy I am crying!!
Oh I must call the Gizzi. I need to see if his son still wants to be a cook.
With love,
~Cat
Catina II is home!!
Oh my oh my I am so very happy! She made it!! I missed a call from Papa but Mamma called and she is HOME!!!!
Everything has arrived to our Constanta home to wait for to be put on her, now it's to the architect and engineer to put her together!
We did it, we did it!! HA!!! I'm so very happy I am crying!!
Oh I must call the Gizzi. I need to see if his son still wants to be a cook.
With love,
~Cat
Cooking Goddess
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This is good news Cat! I'm glad she made it to harbor safely. Now the fun in putting things together really gets started.
I called the Gizzi. We do have a cook! Foo! I was a bit worried!
I can't stand being away from all of this fun! Gizzi and his wife and the crew are to look at her tomorrow. I wish I were there! Oh why can't I be in two places at one time?
I'm starting on the recipe book. I'm printing these out now, and I will have to cover each page in plastic in case of spills. Books and papers become messy on boats in galleys and in rain. I have to convert these to feed many people.
I can just imagine how relieved and tired Papa is right now. Mamma said he was exhausted and could barely talk, and he was freezing. He went to the Gizzi's home for dinner and was so tired he is sleeping there tonight. By the time I talked to the Gizzi, Papa was asleep. He's been up for three days straight on this last push to the harbor!
My Gizzi is wonderful! He can cook a hearty meal in no time and so can his wife. They are taking good care of Papa. Imagine being so tired one cannot drive four more miles to go home! Poor, dear, dedicated Papa!
Mamma is driving through the night to get to Constanta to see Catina II. She called her substitute and the nice lady was happy for the work for the rest of the week. I pray Mamma gets there safely. She is tired also. Uncle Nicu will be there also in the morning.
Now I'm a mess. I don't know if I'm going to be a journalist or not. Something inside my chest pulls me when I think of the sea and I can't get rid of this. I think I'm going in a wrong direction. I just don't know. I told Mamma and she said I have time to think of this.
Uck. I feel like I have a large burden. But I'm so happy!!
With love,
~Cat
I can't stand being away from all of this fun! Gizzi and his wife and the crew are to look at her tomorrow. I wish I were there! Oh why can't I be in two places at one time?
I'm starting on the recipe book. I'm printing these out now, and I will have to cover each page in plastic in case of spills. Books and papers become messy on boats in galleys and in rain. I have to convert these to feed many people.
I can just imagine how relieved and tired Papa is right now. Mamma said he was exhausted and could barely talk, and he was freezing. He went to the Gizzi's home for dinner and was so tired he is sleeping there tonight. By the time I talked to the Gizzi, Papa was asleep. He's been up for three days straight on this last push to the harbor!
My Gizzi is wonderful! He can cook a hearty meal in no time and so can his wife. They are taking good care of Papa. Imagine being so tired one cannot drive four more miles to go home! Poor, dear, dedicated Papa!
Mamma is driving through the night to get to Constanta to see Catina II. She called her substitute and the nice lady was happy for the work for the rest of the week. I pray Mamma gets there safely. She is tired also. Uncle Nicu will be there also in the morning.
Now I'm a mess. I don't know if I'm going to be a journalist or not. Something inside my chest pulls me when I think of the sea and I can't get rid of this. I think I'm going in a wrong direction. I just don't know. I told Mamma and she said I have time to think of this.
Uck. I feel like I have a large burden. But I'm so happy!!
With love,
~Cat
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
There's so much going on in your life right now, it's no wonder you're feeling a little overwhelmed. Your mamma's right - you have time before you have to make a major decision. Your DA needs you! And you need your education. Who says you can't combine journalism and adventure on the sea? I'm thinking National Geographic
In the meantime, here's something that can relieve a little of that burden: I use cookbook software called Living Cookbook to keep my recipes. It has some great features that can make the cooking needs much more manageable. It can:
- import recipes from the Internet or a file
- scale recipes to any number of servings and save this to a new file
- create cookbooks with chapters for different types of foods
- create grocery lists
- convert to and from metric units
- print recipes in a consistent format
- and much more!
Check it out: http://www.livingcookbook.com/
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