by Dana | Dec 24, 2020 | buying a sailboat for the west indies, christmas in the tropics, cruiser holiday greetings
My favorite sign up now in our termporary neighborhood.How are you celebrating the holidays this year?Thanks to COVID, the holiday season is weird for everyone this year—we get it! I advised one friend to just take a raincheck rather than force it if the spirit... by Dana | Dec 18, 2020 | buying a sailboat for the west indies, GulfStar 45 sailboat, pearson 365 sailboat, Pearson 424 sailboat
What boat should we get for the tropics? We were in a quandary.Photo by Marlon Trottmann from PexelsNot the Pearson 424 fixer we originally made our offer on. While at the price we offered, it would’ve made sense, even with the money we knew... by Dana | Dec 9, 2020 | Florida winter weather, Ft. Pierce Florida
This morning in sunny Ft. Pierce Florida.Wayne and me, sharing a blanket over the heater in our RV (aka “The Beast”)Nope. Note the towel spilling out from under Wayne—just a few days ago it was warm enough to need it for the pool here. Hopefully, it... by Dana | Dec 8, 2020 | buying a sailboat for the west indies, Pearson 424 sailboat
Do we take on a project boat, or not?We had the first part of our boat inspection last week. There were a few pleasant surprises, a lot of confirmations that our areas of concern are areas of concern, and some are worse than we thought they’d be.We thought... by Dana | Nov 30, 2020 | boat inspection, buying a sailboat for the west indies, pearson 365 sailboat, Pearson 424 sailboat, process for buying a boat, set sail marine survey
Dana climbs the mast of a little sister (Pearson 365 36′) to the sailboat we’re looking at (Pearson 424 42). S/V Journey, our last sailboat, was a Pearson 365.Tomorrow, Ceal will be the “mast monkey” for part of the inspection to check the mat...