Author rpstephens11
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 →
The Annapolis Boat Show opens today, so we haven’t experienced that yet. But we have been spending a lot of time learning stuff. We are attending Cruiser’s University this week. Cruiser’s U. is a week-long educational program sponsored by the… Continue Reading →
Well, we’re off! But not on the boat. Unfortunately, we’re in the car. But it IS sailing-adjacent. We are on our way to Annapolis, Maryland for two things. First, we are both enrolled in a week of classes at Cruisers… Continue Reading →