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BBTK: Batteries Bilge bumps Through-hulls Oh, yea and keel bolts if you have them To us, the three most important items on a sailboat, or any boat for that matter, are the batteries, the bilge pumps, through-hulls, and keel bolts, although sailboats like ours have an encased keel. We were […]
Four Most Important Things to Remember!
Anyone that has ever been aboard a boat of any kind knows that boats all have certain smells to them – especially older boats. This is unavoidable. Boats live on the water, and with that comes humidity. Humidity can cause those nooks and crannies to become breeding grounds for molds […]
The Smells of a Sailboat
This morning something happened – something really strange and really nice, at the same time. We had First Mate’s cousin, Terri, and her captain, Kurt, text us today telling us that he has been so inspired by our story and what we are doing, that he is quitting his job […]
We Inspire People?!?
It became evident on our last adventure to the island that, although we love the dodger and its huge windows, the afternoon sun tends to shine through and turn the area where Friday the boat dog likes to lay down, a bit hot.
Canvas Covers for the Dodger Windows!
What A Life! Ask anyone that is planning an extended voyage or a permanent lifestyle aboard a sailing vessel, and you will find very similar responses. Most people simply want to adventure to far away places and have an exciting life. Others see voyaging as a lifestyle that affords one […]
Why We Are Doing This?
Where to start… A few months ago we decided to take an extended sail out to the island. This was actually going to be a shakedown as part of a mini-vacation that we planned. The idea was to sail out for nine days, enjoy fishing and catching lobster, and hanging […]
Catalina Island Postmortem
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Playlist for Our Last Shakedown
This episode is from our sail back from Catalina Island on our last adventure. It includes a postmortem towards the end where we assess what we need to do next. Thanks for watching! We absolutely LOVE sailing and we LOVE our part-time liveaboard sailboat, a Morgan 41 Out Island! Visit […]
SBS ep.121 – Sailing Back from Catalina and a Postmortem
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