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 […]

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.

We spent this Labor Day weekend with one of our 1st major refit projects aboard Kaleo. September is dedicated to all things plumbing so we started with upgrading our manual-only toilet to an electric / manual back-up, Lavac. The 1st step was to have the holding tanks pumped out and […]

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Our Seattle weekend continued as we started Saturday with a visit to Pike Place for breakfast at The Crumpet Shop and to pick up some flowers to bring to Matt’s mom.We then hit the road for a 5-hour road trip to Coeur d’ Alene to visit the family and celebrate […]

We took full advantage of a long weekend in Seattle with a date night staying at The Edgewater and seafood dinner at Elliot’s, a refitting gear quest across some premier and cost-effective suppliers, and a visit with the family in Coeur d’ Alene. We started our sailing supplies’ gathering with […]

We’re standing on a cusp right now, looking forward to the journey of a lifetime. And we desire to start that life a little different than some. Our dream is to take some time to experience the world, to slow down, reset our expectations of things to come and enjoy […]

Sailors are a social bunch. More than that, they have a sense of camaraderie and duty to look out for and support one another. People often trade boat cards like these to help keep track of others you meet along your voyages. We ordered these online free, plus about $6 […]

The crew woke up to a great, yet hot, day with nice 12-15 mph winds. Some defining moments from Saturday: Started with a hearty breakfast Matt watched his wedding band slip of his freshly sun-screened hand and go kerplunk in the murky, muddy water at the slip! We assumed it […]