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You Know What Makes a Sailboat Go? That’s Right-ELECTRICITY! It seems counterintuitive, but, in fact, sailboats need electricity. They actually need quite a bit of electricity. For example: And that all requires electricity. There are two main challenges in powering… Continue Reading →
By this point, we were feeling optimistic! It’s late May. The rudder is repaired. The hull has its CopperCoat. It’s time to talk about the plan to re-launch Meraviglia-to finally get her afloat once more. First step: create a list… Continue Reading →
Can we talk about our rudder? Because it’s a royal pain. As the boat sat on the hard, it became clear that the rudder was “wet”. Namely, it was leaking water. Closer inspection revealed that the trailing edge was delaminating… Continue Reading →
It turns out trying to time a visit to coincide with application of the CopperCoat didn’t go exactly as planned. The weather just wouldn’t cooperate. We needed a warm, dry spell of at least 4 days, which wasn’t happening for… Continue Reading →
Our boat has a history. That history is largely unknown to us. We were told she had circumnavigated but there were no specifics. Sometimes, though, history cannot be completely hidden. You know how archeologists unearth tombs and find skulls with… Continue Reading →
We needed to buy some stuff. Actually, needed to buy a LOT of stuff. Some stuff, like tools, or cruising guides, or clothes, or electronics, we can just buy online. For other things, though, it helps to actually be able… Continue Reading →
This one takes the prize for weirdness. Our project manager texts me: Him: Can You Talk? Me: Sure. Thinking “How much will this cost us?” Him: Your bilge is full of water-like almost to the sole boards (floor). Me: The… Continue Reading →
Can we talk? Kim and I have come to hate those words. Because those are the words that our project manager uses when things aren’t going as expected. Work had started on Meraviglia. The yard moved her from the storage… Continue Reading →
Perhaps we should talk about our “land life”. It’s all well and good to buy a boat and plan to sail away, but there’s a whole lot of subtraction that has to happen along with the addition. Like work, and… Continue Reading →
We took a break. It seemed like a good time. Our “delivery” had not been the relaxing, fabulous time we (well, I anyway) had anticipated. Perhaps, we thought, we had made a huge mistake and this lifestyle wasn’t for us. … Continue Reading →