This Rat Sailed

Well, this is certainly not a post I envisioned when I headed out to the boat to prepare for the trip to the Bahamas.  Up until recently I...

Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't have called this blog "Fixing my boat in every location" as I think the majority of my posts...

I've been trying to figure out what to write for a while now.  It isn't easy these days. When someone stops cruising and moves back ...

We think we have a basic plan for making it down the Chesapeake. We even plan on doing some of the Albemarle Loop . Of course, Hermine (just...

While we are making preparations for one last, hopefully more enjoyable, run down the Chesapeake and east coast, I wanted to take a few mome...

Well, here is another post I didn't think I would be writing. After the decision to abandon ship (so to speak), we started trying to fig...

This is certainly not the post I thought I would start writing just a few days after returning to the boat. Our brand new Smartplug ch...

Unlike a house, often on a boat it isn't the best idea to wait for things to fail. When your home moves around a lot, it seems even more...

Well, our need to make tracks north and Mother Nature's need for unsettled weather along the southeast coast seem to be in conflict.  Th...

I have to admit, we haven't been all that impressed with Hilton Head.  The goal when we stopped here was that it was easier access to th...

As you know, we moved up to Hilton Head SC on our trip north.  We ended up choosing the marina we are at based on access to an inlet so we c...

We are continuing our way up the coast. This leg of the trip took us from Hammock Beach, Florida to Hilton Head, South Carolina.  We left H...

I've often wondered how effective the anchor light on a sailboat actually is.  A white light that can be seen for miles sounds like a go...

We left our convenience anchorage at Tarpon Basin on Friday (4/22) to check out some of the keys in the nearby section of Everglades Nation...

There's a term that puts a smile on most cruisers faces.  Those out living on their savings (or cruising kitty as it is often called) li...

Believe it or not, things have been lower in the drama department the past couple days.  No semi-critical systems deciding to have a fit, no...

Our pump arrived!  At 10:30 on Saturday I get the call that our replacement raw water pump for the generator was delivered to the shop. I ho...

Ok, this is getting more than just a bit old. I know that cruising is supposed to be the art of fixing your boat in exotic locations, but w...

Another post that either disappeared or didn't manage to get posted.  Guess the internet was more spotty than I thought.  Oh well.  Thi...