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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 →
We Made It! On Day Two, we went from St. Augustine to Fernandina Beach. Then Day Three was Fernandina Beach to Brunswick, Georgia. We discovered that the weather on the first day was the norm: no wind in the morning,… Continue Reading →
We had identified a marina with a boatyard in South Georgia that had space for us. Our plan was to take her there, haul her out and keep her on the hard during the 2022 hurricane season and get her… Continue Reading →
We owned a boat. We were to take possession in 2 weeks. We needed a plan and fast. And insurance. Insurance would probably be good. We had heard horror stories about boat insurance-that companies are refusing to insure older boats… Continue Reading →
Spring of 2022 went on. We signed up with Behan and Jamie Gifford of Sailing Totem. They offer consulting services to cruisers and would-be cruisers and I had heard about them on the Liveaboard Sailing Podcast. They also own a… Continue Reading →
Okaaaay. How does one buy a boat exactly? Google, Google, Google, Google. Wow. There are a lot of boats. Lots of different kinds of boats. Should we build a boat? NOOOO! Can we afford a new boat? NOOOOOO! Do we… Continue Reading →
It was late 2021 and now we couldn’t decide. We had decided to take an installment of our retirement to see far-flung places. But couldn’t decide HOW to see them. Let’s make a plan. Cool. We’re good at that. What… Continue Reading →