Oh, I must go down to the sea again
To sail o'er the wind and the surf,
Though I'm not all the keen,
If you know what I mean,
But I must get my money's worth.
[Des Sleightholme]
Keeping a boat afloat often requires a good bit of money and hard work, but for people who have salt water in their veins and truly love boating, no amount of money or work can cool their ardor. For others, their best two days with a boat are the day they buy it... and the day they sell it.
Some boaters have great fun coming up with clever names for their beloved boats, but we never bothered. However, it's possible that we may have called that fiberglass canoe a name or two when a certain misguided woodpecker kept tapping his little heart out on it every morning before sunrise. But (ahem) no names appropriate for painting on the side of a boat...
On the other hand, some names are sooooo cool. Like these:
- Seas the Day (My favorite!)
- Pier Pressure
- Campbell's Sloop
- Moor Often Than Knot
- Fish and Chicks
- Nauti-buoy
- Row vs. Wade (for the social activist)
- Dock Holiday
- Knot Paid For
- Now Who's the Loser, Dad? (Wouldn't be terribly effective on a small motorboat or canoe.)
- Bacon in the Sun
- Marlin Monroe
- Seaductress
- Sand Witch
- Aquafart
- Fartbutt
(ahem) I suspect a male came up with those last two name. Just a wild guess...
We once spent a mah-velous weekend with a friend on her houseboat, but the idea of living on a boat year-round never particularly appealed to me. I mean... where would we fit our pool table...?
But some people do live on boats year-round, and they enjoy adventures the rest of us only dream about. Sure, there's lots of routine maintenance and inconvenience involved, (Like no room for a pool table...) but spending part of the year sailing to exotic locations and the rest of the year docked in the home marina with a whole slew of like-minded boat-dwelling fun-loving friends has gotta be pretty darned exciting. Kinda like a perpetual vacation.
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| Tickety Boo |
Fellow blogger Ellen Jacobson knows all about this kind of life, because she and her hubby happen to live on a spiffy sailboat named Tickety Boo. Unusual name, huh? It's one of their favorite New Zealand expressions, and it means Everything is all good. Besides being a good conversation-starting name and fun to say, it also reminds them of how much they enjoyed living in New Zealand. Cool, huh? Ellen's blog is lots of fun, and NOW... she's turned her first-hand knowledge about boats and the terrific camaraderie among folks in a marina community into a... BOOK! A really GOOD book. A cozy mystery with terrific characters, a head-scratching whodunit, and a healthy dollop of humor. What's not to like? Nothing, I tell you... absolutely nothing! Better yet? This is only the first book of an anticipated series, so there'll be lots more fun and mystery yet to come.
Super cover, isn't it? Nice alliterative title, too. But what's most special about this book is what you'll find inside its cover. To tell the truth, I'm not generally a huge fan of amateur sleuth tales, but I am if the characters are memorably likable and the writing is top-notch. And humor... there's gotta be humor. And this book? It scores well on all counts.
Yep, I fore-sea a great writing career for this gal. I hope this first book makes a huge splash in the reading world.
MURDER AT THE MARINA BY
ELLEN JACOBSON | RELEASE INFO
Blurb
A dilapidated sailboat for your anniversary—not very
romantic. A dead body on board—even worse.
Mollie McGhie is hoping for diamonds for her tenth
wedding anniversary. Instead, her husband presents her with a dilapidated
sailboat. Just one problem—she doesn’t know anything about boats, nor does she
want to.
When Mollie discovers someone murdered on board, she
hopes it will convince her husband that owning a boat is a bad idea.
Unfortunately, he’s more determined than ever to fix the boat up and set out to
sea.
Mollie finds herself drawn into the tight-knit
community living at Palm Tree Marina in Coconut Cove, a small town on the
Florida coast. She uncovers a crime ring dealing in stolen marine equipment,
investigates an alien abduction, eats way too many chocolate bars, adopts a
cat, and learns far more about sailing than she ever wanted to.
Can Mollie discover who the murderer is before her
nosiness gets her killed?
A Mollie McGhie Cozy Sailing Mystery #1
Buy Links
Murder at the Marina—A
Mollie McGhie Sailing Mystery #1
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Print ISBN 978-1-7321602-1-7
eBook ISBN 978-1-7321602-0-0
Mystery
eBook ISBN 978-1-7321602-0-0
Mystery
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Author Bio & Social
Media Links
Ellen Jacobson writes
mystery and sci-fi/fantasy stories. She is the author of the “Mollie McGhie
Sailing Mystery” series. She lives on a sailboat with her husband, exploring
the world from the water. When she isn't working on boat projects or seeking
out deserted islands, she blogs about their adventures at The Cynical Sailor.
You can connect with Ellen
on:
How about you? Think you'd like to live on a boat? If so, what would you name her?
Just as it always has, the sea still calls to me, but nowadays, I'm afraid I have to tell it to leave me a message. (sigh) Well, time for me to sail off into the sunset. So to speak. (I'm afraid waddle would be a much more accurate description.)
Until next time, take care of yourselves. And each other.
P.S. Hot Flashes and Cold Lemonade will be on sale next week... Monday through Friday... for the paltry sum of ninety-nine cents. Haven't read it yet? Here's your chance to get it on the cheap.
