Author rpstephens11
Okay. Leaving. Again. Heading south. Again. Is this it? Who knows? If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the last 6 months, it’s that making predictions is a fool’s errand. We’ve gotten a lot of stuff figured out since returning… Continue Reading →
By this point in the saga, I think we can safely say that our cruising adventure is NOT going to be like what you see on the YouTube sailing channels. So, either they are far, FAR more competent at this… Continue Reading →
Yep, we’re outta here! The last week has been a flurry of preparation as we get ready to leave Brunswick and head south. There is a saying that if you wait until everything is done to leave, you never leave…. Continue Reading →
Sometimes writing these posts is difficult. Other times, they write themselves. This is one of those. Yesterday was a day when electricity and I were not friends. First, I had to run a new electrical wire through a bulkhead into… Continue Reading →
Yep, we are. Almost 5 months after arriving here, Meraviglia is safe to go to sea. That doesn’t mean there isn’t work left to do-there is. But the remaining work doesn’t impact her safety at sea (or ours). The last… Continue Reading →
Yep, 19 days. Nineteen days until we shove off (weather permitting, of course). That’s feeling pretty, well, REAL. As in, “we’ve got a REAL long list to get accomplished”. But overall, it seems to be going fairly well. It also… Continue Reading →
In high school, because I was planning on a career in medicine, I was in all the high-level classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, Pre-Calculus. Yep, I was a nerd. But there was one class I took that I… Continue Reading →
We have to go. No, seriously. It’s getting cooler here in Brunswick, Georgia and soon it will be cold. Gotta go. So, WE HAVE SET A DATE! We are leaving on or before December 1st. Whatever work gets done by… Continue Reading →
We took a delivery yesterday-a big one. It’s our new car! “Wait”, you say, “I thought you were taking off on your boat. Why the heck are you buying a car??!!” Well, it’s not exactly a car in the traditional… Continue Reading →
Evidently I, Bob, am a rigger’s apprentice now. As we get closer to the bottom of the projects list, rigging has become higher-priority. Sailboats have a lot of lines. Not ropes. Lines. Again I will say it: NOT. ROPES. But,… Continue Reading →