Not Busch Gardens. Like emotional. Our port engine has been fixed! Yay! First time in weeks we’ve had a working engine over there! Horray! We are going to be able to leave the dock and sail!! We opted to have the starboard engine checked, too, because if one side is bad the other probably isn’t…

Horray for some new sails! They did arrive and we installed the new Genoa and Code Zero (code zero taken down as it won’t be used as often; keep it out of the sun to prolong its life!). Many thanks to Doug with Latell for helping us get her up! Our port engine is still…

So remember how I said it was so nice to put away the sewing machine? Yeah, I should have known better then to voice that thought. Two Fish laughed at my brazenness – we had wind storm come through that night, our aft canvas cover ripped again, and thus more sewing is needed. Ha! At…

Yup, our boat has a fancy schmancy microwave. Like it can function as an oven (somehow… haven’t quite figured that out yet. Hello undercooked pork chops). And after we ordered ALL the spare parts for all the boat pumps last night, I guess the microwave slot got jealous and wanted some attention. So it went…

Boat chores galore! Must admit, we’d rather be doing these chores in exotic locations, but I’m glad to be getting these crossed off the list before we leave the dock. Especially the diesel work. I cannot express how thankful I am for Ellis showing up and working on our overhearing engine. Chris continues to crush…

Real time week of September 23rd. What a busy, busy week. Boat repairs, fiberglass & gelcoat work started but not finished, got meds and treated the cats for worms 🤢, discovered our scuba tanks were pretty much toasted, cleaned our surround (the heavy clear vinyl that zips around the cockpit; the vinyl cleaned up okay…

Have you seen National Lampoon’s European Vacation? We are having ‘Look kids! Big Ben!’ moments. Another day homeschooling. Another day with no news on the liferaft. Another day waiting for gel coat work. Another day of PT exercises. Another thing to fix. So when our fish fry asks if we can make a cake, the…

If we have to be stuck at the dock (and we are so thankful for the medical team that has kept me walking; not complaining though it is a change from what we had planned to be doing), and we are homeschooling US History this year, and we are reading about colonization and the native…

Labor Day has come and gone, and it feels like the hot weather has, too. This morning finds us in pants and hoodies after sleeping under blankets. I don’t feel ready for summer to be over! maybe not just that, but I’m really not ready for winter. Boat projects continue. We pumped out the heads…

9/2/2025 Outland Hatch covers are on! Woohoo! Impeccable packaging on their end, too. We also templated for salon carpet. Templating was an exercise in frustration, especially when you have a cat ‘helping’ by pulling the tape holding bits off, but it’s done. The salon surround has been completed and installed. While I was at the…