Today consisted mainly in getting ready to leave. We needed to clean up our mess on the dock since if you didn’t know we had two kids you would have assumed we needed one of those Hoarder’s interventions. Straighten up the lines, fill the water tanks, give the boat one … Read More

Ali hauled me up the mast today so we could officially mark the boat list as done. I had the lazy jack lines all made up but still needed to go up and attach a couple of blocks for them to run through. With that done dousing the main should … Read More

I went in the water today with four-pound mallet in hand. And I let that shaft have it. And when I was spent I crawled up onto the dock, spent ten minutes under the hose, and went inside to have a look, sure that it hadn’t moved. But it had, … Read More

The last thing we’re waiting on before leaving here is also the last thing I expected that we’d have to wait on, a diver. Unfortunately the water is so disgusting lately that there is zero visibility and even these local divers who go into this nasty water day after day … Read More

Oh we’re getting serious now. Walmart today for another ten packs of diapers in two sizes for Lowe to grow into, a million wipes, a ton of peanut butter, and a couple new toys to be stashed away for a passage day. We’re nearly gone now.

It was starting to feel as if the refrigeration would never be fixed. Two months that took, but today it was finally wrapped up. It turned out that the new compressor was slightly different than the old one so that we needed to fabricate a part for it. Then when … Read More

Started the day off feeling like some progress was being made. I finished putting the engine back together and hooking up the water heater. When I started the engine it all worked. No leaks anywhere. But then I noticed a couple drops of water underneath the engine. A closer look … Read More

We went out to Home Depot today and what do you know, they had the part I needed. On top of that the welder showed up with my header face plate that he drilled and tapped for a fitting and when I asked how much he waved me off. This … Read More

We had dinner at a friend’s boat tonight. They’ve got two kids, six and eight, and we got to see first hand just how much easier life will be in a few more years. While their kids happily played, Ouest had a small accident on the floor, and Lowe pulled … Read More