Before kids, we took a break from our advertising jobs to spend a year sailing the U.S. Gulf Coast, throughout the Bahamas to the remote Jumentos Islands, then up the Eastern Seaboard to Annapolis, MD. Our home was a modest Aloha 34, named Kaleo (ka-lay-o). This time was meaningful, having built lifelong relationships and seeing part of the world in such a unique way.
Our original single-basin sink in the galley.A little caulking romance.Casey brought me to meet up with Matt while he was working on the new sink install. Looks like he found Kaleo to be pretty relaxing amidst the minor construction. The original single-basin sink in our galley was too shallow & […]
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Our marina, as with any marina we assume, is filled with curious fellas. We’ve noticed this guy takes his pup for a dingy ride through the neighborhood each morning while enjoying his pipe. There are many more to write about but we’ll introduce them in time.
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A little pre-lunch radio control boat race with the fam.Family aboard Kaleo. I can’t think of a better way to spend my birthday weekend!Nana, mom and Critter too.Dad kicked back on the foredeck.Lunch outside on the patio of Landry’s on the Kemah Boardwalk before our sail.What a way to celebrate […]
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Our friends Tim & Diann aboard their beautiful Catalina 28, Coquette.Transgrape Race course board. It’s a long one!Deck hands at the helm.A day that blessings are made of! We started the day sailing in the annual Transgrape Race on Lake Grapevine with our friends, Tim & Diann, aboard their speedy […]
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It’s official. Today marks the LEAST amount of money we’ve spent at West Marine to date. That’s right, the decimal is in the right place … we spend a whopping $0.39 on 4 fasteners for the shower install.
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We spent the weekend getting a few new parts installed for liveaboard necessities. For some reason the former owner removed the shower system, but no worries Matt was able to install a more space and water efficient design that works perfectly for us.
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This weekend’s refitting included Matt running wire from the breaker panel to the flush pump to power our new electric head.
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This weekend we spent time aboard our friends Tim & Diann’s new boat, Coquette. Today marked the 1st race of the Grapevine Sailing Club’s fall series & gave us all a great opportunity to learn to fly the spinnaker. While we didn’t take 1st place, we did have a fun […]
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Deciding where to mount the manual back-up pump.Installing the waste hose.Helping our marina neighbor load up his dinghy to be repaired.Family stopped by for a fun visit and brought BBQ lunch for the crew.
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