Author rpstephens11
This is just a quick update, since nothing terribly new has happened. As you can see from the picture, I’m getting dirty. Dusty actually-that’s gel coat and fiberglass dust. Kim described the fridge/freezer rebuild in the last post and that’s… Continue Reading →
It’s a boat. There’s nowhere to hide. Kim and I are together all the time. All. The. Time. Which means we see everything the other does. The good. The bad. The ugly. To clarify, I cover the bad and the… Continue Reading →
We need a new motor. And transmission. Because of course we do-it’s really the only system we haven’t replaced. So it failed. Away we go! Removing a 750-odd pound engine from a sailboat at dock is not straightforward (no surprise… Continue Reading →
Well, we made it back. We are back in Brunswick, safely at the marina. It took us four days because of tides and low bridges. We managed to avoid any further damage from low bridges, so that is good. Yesterday… Continue Reading →
“The Intracoastal Waterway covers around 5,000 km of canal length and extends from Florida to Boston, Massachusetts! This is an incredible, incomparable experience for everyone!” Well. That’s one way to describe it. Let me try: “The Intracoastal Waterway is a… Continue Reading →
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 →