Jan
29
2010
A reader writes: i’ve been looking for a catamaran for myself and son to live on and learn to sail. do you have any leads for boats for sale? any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. i love your blog, thank you for writing and inspiring me. i want to do what you are [...]
Tags: Moving Aboard, Not Finished Yet, OCSC, Ownership, Purchase
Feb
08
2008
As I’ve mentioned before, the process of really settling into a boat and making it yours can be fairly long and involved. If you happen to have more money than we do, you can often buy a spiffy designer-touched creation, and no further care is required. But if you’re like us, and this is a [...]
Tags: boat construction, Jason, Lagoon, Moving Aboard, Ownership, Remodel, Upgrades
Jun
23
2007
The thing about a boat like ours is that sometimes, it’s actually a lot more like Easter than it is like, oh, boating. The man we bought her from did not believe in maintenance. We knew that up front, and figured we could tackle it. We knew, for example, that when the anchor windlass broke, [...]
Tags: Maintenance, Moving Aboard, Ownership, Upgrades
Jun
04
2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at 1203, the s/v Excellent Adventure came home. We got the phone call at 0940. Don Gussler, the harbormaster, said “Just got a call from your Captain; he’s about 12 miles out, and will be here in 2-5 hours.” I shrieked into the phone, and he laughed at me. This being [...]
Tags: Delivery, Ownership
Apr
23
2007
Gotta tell ya, folks, nothing, but nothing, sucks as bad as being a boat on the hard. I mean, boats, they’re magic. They are creatures of the water. And just like all other water creatures, they’re sort of weird and awkward and in danger of suffocating when forced to be on land for any length [...]
Tags: Ownership, Puerto Rico, Talking Story