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So here is our teak deck maintenance regime: On a routine basis we hose the deck…

That’s right, we’re transitioning ourselves to be vloggers!  Waiting until the boat renovation is only a…

With less than a week to go before hurricane Matthew hit my husband, Simon, and I…

Where we had last left off on the rebuild of our quarter berth, we had just…

Fear is what I feel. I’m scared. My husband, Simon, is also scared although he doesn’t…

Now that we’re sitting in Indiantown Marina and it’s obvious that we’re going to be here…

With so much going on with the boat and trying to keep up just with boat…

Over the past couple years we’ve experienced two main issues concerning our Gebo portlight window knobs….

Now that we’re sitting in Indiantown Marina and it’s obvious that we’re going to be here for quite a long time while we fix up Daze Off to sail, I don’t want to bore you with stories that are only related to boat work (but don’t worry, they’re still coming).   I know that’s what some of […]

The last room.  We’re actually starting work on the last room.  I honestly wasn’t sure this day would ever come. Ok, so work still needs to be done to to the starboard walls of the pilot house, but our aft quarter berth was the last untouched area….and now we have our hands all over it! […]

Don’t worry, we won’t end up like this if we don’t take every piece of advice given. If you’re a member of Facebook, chances are, you’re probably part of one of the million and one subgroups about sailing. I know I’m in at least six of them. I love these groups, they can be a […]

Now that we’re sitting in Indiantown Marina and it’s obvious that we’re going to be here for quite a long time while we fix up Daze Off to sail, I don’t want to bore you with stories that are only related to boat work (but don’t worry, they’re still coming).   I know that’s what some of […]

My husband, Simon, and I spent over ten years dreaming about the type of boat we’d…

It never fails that as soon as we get a few walls new up, and I get excited and gung-ho to get a  nice white coat of paint on them, only to find that project is going to be pushed back about a week for other things first.  Not only that, it’s usually for one […]

Let’s start the day before a hurricane was due to hit our area. We had a…

If you’ve never picked up a mooring buoy, also called a mooring ball, it can be…

Before I get to the part about how we’re living on a boat in Charleston South…