As we watch to see the track of Invest 97L and wait for it to go by, we’ve been passing the time tackling some final prep tasks. The above sign struck me as funny and oh so true! 🙂 First, down I went into my favorite cramped space…the engine...
Articles for September 2016
Dinghy Cruisin’
Today we took our dinghy out for some fun and also to test run our recently serviced outboard. For cruisers, if your boat at anchor is your house, your dinghy serves as your car. Most anywhere you want to go (to town for site seeing, shopping, or a restaurant,...
A hard project completed!
Rewind a few days, I had cut the big hole in Holiday in preparation for installing the propane locker I built the week before. There were a few more tasks I needed to complete before wrestling the locker below and bolting it in place. First, I drilled yet another...
Back up the mast
With new wind indicator in hand, Lindy took me back up the mast to reinstall it. Feeling a little braver this time, I took a few more pictures. And the wind indicator worked…so that was good. Wind indicator doing it’s thing.
Baking and sewing, aka indoor projects.
Hey y’all, Lindy here with my first blog post. While Zach has been focusing on boat projects, I have been working on a few new skills of my own that will be useful once we move onto the boat. First up, bread baking. Being able to make fresh bread...
Cutting BIG Holes and Climbing Masts
The time has come in my propane locker project to cut a giant hole in Holiday. 10.5″ diameter to be exact. It really wasn’t that big a deal, but I definitely didn’t want to mess up. So, after getting all my tools ready and the cutting project prepped, I...
Propane Locker like a Boss
Let me start by telling you: this project is no joke! I have spent over 40 hours on it this week, and I’m only through with the locker body. I haven’t even started the process of cutting big holes in Holiday and mounting this bad boy. And, I also...
Took a break and took a sail
After a couple of weeks of either boat work or tropical storms, we said, “enough is enough!” and had to get out on the water for some sailing. Our friend Denise who likes anything and everything that has to do with the water came to visit for the weekend,...