We officially have a date to get our mast back! We are leaving July 31, mast will be back on the boat August 1, and then running rigging...

So I asked the family if I could stay on the boat alone this week. I wanted the chance to get some work done, and just enjoy some last...

Its been a slow couple of weeks - we scaled down the projects, but I have ordered some parts to wrap up the few we wanted to finish...

It's been awhile since I posted, I had to get my own thoughts together, and I wanted to give a real update. We have been discussing...

We finally finished the non-skid! Yay! One item off the list! We actually finished it last week ;-) We were planning to wait until...

This morning we hopped out of bed bright and early (well, I don't know about hopped.... but got up anyway!) and started on the non-skid. ...

Today we hesitated a bit in the morning - the forecast was iffy on whether it was going to rain and ruin any work that we did, so we...

Sunday started a little later than expected - we had a lot of fun at our friends Wes and Connie's boat ;-) We decided to spend the day...

Michael is on call this weekend, so Bean and I decided to keep working through the weekend since it was a slow week. Last night we came...

We definitely underestimated the Texas heat and humidity. We got up early, headed to the boat, and got started around 8:00 - and it was...

We had a great Memorial Day weekend, relaxing on the boat, just enjoying each others' company, and doing just a tiny bit of work. This...

This morning we decided to get an early start to try and beat the heat, and we decided to tackle the largest part of the project. Eight...

Thankfully, yesterday's water project turned out to be just a little air in the line. Once we bled it, it worked just fine, pump is...

Saturday night we decided to go to the apartment instead of the boat so I could do laundry, shower, and use the air conditioning...

It was an absolutely wonderful week with some long time friends in a beautiful house in a more beautiful place. We were right on the...

We own a boat, the holidays are over, what's next? Our current plan is to hire a captain to help us bring it down to Corpus Christi so I...

Our offer was accepted, and now we are on to our second survey. We decided it was worth it to use the same surveyor - Mike Firestone is...

After seeing way to many run down boats in Corpus Christi, we decided to go to Kemah for the weekend again and see a few boats up there. ...

After getting the survey results, I followed up with our insurance (similar to a house - you want the insurance to be in place at...

Thankfully, that prediction was right! We were able to leave just a little after 11 am and start our big adventure! It was really...