by Dana | Aug 13, 2021 | cruising transitions, fort pierce florida, GulfStar 45 sailboat
Sold!Not 100% official as there’s still closing paperwork, which is expected to take another 1-2 weeks.More soon.Location LocationWe are currently house-sitting in the same town where we are selling our boat, S/V Gallivant, in Fort... by Dana | Jul 10, 2021 | cruising transitions, GulfStar 45 sailboat, selling a boat
Now is not the time for us to leap.We’re taking in the view and sitting tight until the place and time are right.Photo by Karol Stefański on UnsplashBack when I used to work in corporate America (Hewlett-Packard), I remember when our group was a person short and... by Dana | Jun 7, 2021 | cruising transitions, GulfStar 45 sailboat, selling a boat
Plans and decisions don’t always align. Photo by Lubo Minar on UnsplashHave you ever hovered on the precipice of a major decision, wondering if the path you planned is the right one?Not a life-and-death decision, but still a difficult one. Photo by Joshua... by Dana | Mar 6, 2021 | boat maintenance and repair, Grand Bahamas Banks, GulfStar 45 sailboat, nassau
S/V Gallivant, sailing at a 15-degree tilt as an 18-knot wind angled at our boat’s bow.Gallivant is a a Gulfstar 45; we were sailing the Bahamas Banks to Nassau.We ended our excellent day of sailing from Bimini to our anchor point on the Grand Bahamas Banks with... by Dana | Feb 26, 2021 | alicetown bimini bahamas, Escape to the Bahamas, GulfStar 45 sailboat
S/V Free Spirit, kicking our butt on the way from Miami to Bimini, the Bahamas.We left at oh-dark-hundred, also known as anchors up by 6 am.But first, a little more backtracking . . . (though I couldn’t resist leading with this pretty sunrise sail... by Dana | Feb 21, 2021 | Escape to the Bahamas, GulfStar 45 sailboat, sailing the ICW
7-second video sailing clip: what it sounds like,motor off, to sail down the ICW at 7 knots. Did it make more sense to blitz from Vero to Miami? or head outside?Outside—Along the Atlantic CoastOutside was efficient. There were at least a few places we could...