Skip to content
Meraviglia logo with a moon, a sailboat and starsMeraviglia logo with a moon, a sailboat and starsMeraviglia logo with a moon, a sailboat and stars
  • Home
  • Captain’s Blog
  • About Us
  • About Meraviglia
  • Contact
  • Toggle website search
Menu Close
  • Home
  • Captain’s Blog
  • About Us
  • About Meraviglia
  • Contact

Captain’s Blog

  1. Home>
  2. Captain’s Blog>
  3. Page 26
Read more about the article Ch. 11:  Can We Talk??

Ch. 11: Can We Talk??

  • Post author:rpstephens11
  • Post published:June 8, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

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…

Continue ReadingCh. 11: Can We Talk??
Read more about the article Ch. 10:  But, but, but…

Ch. 10: But, but, but…

  • Post author:rpstephens11
  • Post published:June 4, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

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…

Continue ReadingCh. 10: But, but, but…
Read more about the article Ch. 9:  An Interlude

Ch. 9: An Interlude

  • Post author:rpstephens11
  • Post published:June 1, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

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…

Continue ReadingCh. 9: An Interlude
Read more about the article Ch. 8:  We Made It!

Ch. 8: We Made It!

  • Post author:rpstephens11
  • Post published:May 28, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

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…

Continue ReadingCh. 8: We Made It!
Read more about the article Ch. 7:  See Bob and Kim Sail
It sort of felt like THIS!

Ch. 7: See Bob and Kim Sail

  • Post author:rpstephens11
  • Post published:May 25, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

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…

Continue ReadingCh. 7: See Bob and Kim Sail
Read more about the article Ch. 6:  You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Ch. 6: You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up

  • Post author:rpstephens11
  • Post published:May 21, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

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…

Continue ReadingCh. 6: You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Read more about the article Ch. 5:  The One Where We Buy a Boat

Ch. 5: The One Where We Buy a Boat

  • Post author:rpstephens11
  • Post published:May 14, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

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…

Continue ReadingCh. 5: The One Where We Buy a Boat
  • Go to the previous page
  • 1
  • …
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • Go to the next page

Recent Posts

  • Chapter 185: Stay or go??? Wild Weather and Swirling Seas…
  • Chapter 184: One With The List
  • Chapter 183: Back in Aotearoa, The Land of the Long White Cloud
  • Chapter 182: We sailed 9,866 nautical miles in 2025, now what?!?!?
  • Chapter 181: The Last Hurrah of Hefty Hazel

Recent Comments

  • Kim Stephens on Chapter 185: Stay or go??? Wild Weather and Swirling Seas…
  • Fabio on Chapter 185: Stay or go??? Wild Weather and Swirling Seas…
  • rpstephens11 on Chapter 184: One With The List
  • Fabio Paoli on Chapter 184: One With The List
  • rpstephens11 on Chapter 184: One With The List

Recent Posts

  • Chapter 185: Stay or go??? Wild Weather and Swirling Seas…
  • Chapter 184: One With The List
  • Chapter 183: Back in Aotearoa, The Land of the Long White Cloud
  • Chapter 182: We sailed 9,866 nautical miles in 2025, now what?!?!?

Archives

  • May 2026
  • April 2026
  • January 2026
  • December 2025
  • November 2025
  • October 2025
  • September 2025
  • August 2025
  • July 2025
  • June 2025
  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • October 2016

Categories

  • Adventure
  • Sailing
  • Travel
  • Wild

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

sailingmeraviglia

http://Www.sailingMeraviglia.com

Loved the sunshine today!! Great day for the long Loved the sunshine today!! Great day for the long walk to All Marine to pick up a spare part! Plus a stop for pizza from the Wayward Italian! 🍕🇮🇹
Sharing some of our favorite moments on Earth Day! Sharing some of our favorite moments on Earth Day! 🌎 #protectourplanet
Gee, I wonder why the boat is so sluggish and not Gee, I wonder why the boat is so sluggish and not turning well?? Might be the plastic bag wrapped around the prop! 🙄😂 Quick haul out and clean @riversidedrivemarina She’s much prettier now!
Rainy days and boat projects! Cleaning and new ele Rainy days and boat projects! Cleaning and new electronics!
Follow on Instagram
  • Home
  • Captain’s Blog
  • About Us
  • About Meraviglia
  • Sign Our Logbook!
Copyright - WordPress Theme by OceanWP