As of my last post, we were prepping for the trip, then things got crazy! Thursday and Friday I ran errands and topped off the tank...

With the engine running, it is time to get ready for our trip to Seabrook Shipyard to get the mast pulled. Tuesday I had a regular dr...

With Friday being a half day, I didn't make quite as much progress as I hoped, but I did get all the fuel hoses replaced - I just didn't...

We are so close - I'm really hoping we can start the engine this weekend! Today, I rearranged all the tools (and the place looked like a...

Today we kicked off with errands again. I had to go find the o-rings for the fuel water separator (and also a wrench for the fuel vent)....

We have started doing half days on Fridays since Michael has half days on Fridays - so Friday morning, I just ran some errands and picked...

Today we did our first boat survey with an amazing surveyor. If you need someone in Corpus Christi - Mike Firestone is your guy. He...

Ok, we have a new plan. I am going to hold off on trying to find a job, and I will focus on the search for a boat and all the work that...

Today was amazing! We all had time to digest everything we learned, so we flowed a lot better and weren't quite as stressed. We went to...

So, when you sell everything and decide you want to buy a boat and sail around the world - how do you start? We decided to take some...

So, we will not be flying out to survey the PDQ... I finally got tired of the current environment at my job, and with my family's...

So, we found a potential boat - in Florida. This is just after hurricane Ian, so life in Florida is pretty complicated right now. There...

Since we have never bought a boat before, we wanted to start with a broker, and we were hoping for someone that would help guide us...

Yay! We got the fill pipe sorted and ready to connect! With lots of running around today, I was able to find an amazing machine shop...

Started today with errands, ran out and got lots of new toys, including the ones I mentioned yesterday. I ended up going with pipe strap...

Today I decided to start with replacing those inverter screws - if you remember, the original ones were too long and came all the way...

This morning was the usual Monday morning goodbyes, and heading back to the boat. I started with running some errands for parts I need...

Saturday went well, we didn't get quite as much done as we hoped, but we did make a lot of forward progress. Thankfully, the day ended...

Today started as an admin day - it was payday so I had to do bills, always a great way to start a day ;-) After that, I needed to pick...

Today was a successful day. We started in the morning at the apartment with Michael. He was a sweetheart and made us breakfast before...