This Rat Sailed

 First a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! My boat came with a Garmin 4208 chartplotter.  Unfortunately, the prior owner(...

Refrigerators in boats aren't typically like those at home.  Unless you have an endless supply of power, you need one that is a bit more...

 Well, if you have read through my blog, you probably have a good idea of the amount of maintenance required to keep a boat going.  And this...

Oops...thought I had published this months ago...so this is a bit behind...  Well, this last trip back to the boat can best be described as ...

After getting the boatyard work done, I returned home to take care of some things while Rover got used to her new digs at the marina. I retu...

So, when I came back to the boat in November, the goal was to again make her ready for a trip to the Bahamas. There were two big-ticket ite...

Once I finished with the trailer updates, it made sense to take it on a trial run.  So, our first camping trip of the season was a simple lo...