Patricia and Dave push their sailing boundaries by leaving in the darkness of night and venturing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. They explore Surfside Beach near Freeport Texas and sail back thru the beautiful Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge...
Patricia and Dave take Cavu to Offatts Bayou to celebrate their anniversary and participate in a charity vintage bathing suit competition benefiting the Historic Society.
Patricia has wears a 1966 vintage paper dress to the cocktail party. Paper dresses w...
Our friend Joel Turner at Murry Yacht Sales let us tour this new Beneteau Oceanis 40.1.
Following in the wake of her elder sister the Oceanis 46.1, this 40-foot cruiser, with a new hull design by Marc Lombard, offers unrivaled deck volume and interior sp...
Our friend Joel Turner at Murry Yacht Sales let us tour this new Catamaran from Excess.
Contact Joel at 1500 Marina Bay Drive
Clear Lake Shores, Texas 77565
(281) 673-6705
[email protected]
https://murrayyachtsales.com/dt_team/joel-turner/
Th...
We upgrade our anchor to the Mantus M2 and also add the Mantus Swivel to the chain. We have purchase a few thing from Mantus Marine over the year like the rail clamps to mount our grill, the anchor snubber and our dinghy anchor. After watching the compari...
Dave and Patrica get rescheduled to sail on the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa. They were able to get two of the limited number of ELISSA day sail spots on board as a sail training student. As a sail training student, participants will experience what life was lik...
Patricia and Dave sail to Galveston to go out on the Tall Ship Elissa. They dock for the first time at a marina other than their home port and it's their first time solo docking without assistance.
We get started at sunrise with the hope of catching some wind and we have to beat a channel closing on the the way to Offatts Bayou. Once we get there we enjoy a prime anchoring spot and explore some recent ship wrecks on the dinghy. We also scout a route ...
While continuing to downsize we had some potting soil and wild flower seeds. We had the wild flower seeds for the property we owned prior to getting the boat. That property backed up to a preserve and we had planned to sow the seeds there. No longer needed...
We add some hooks to our sail locker in order to make it more accessible. We store two life jackets and a throwable floatation device up front and they all ways seemed to be buried under the other things in the locker. In an emergency they are now readily ...
It's still winter here in Texas so we sent Patricia up the mast for the first time to install our spreader flag halyards. This is also our first time using the bosun chair. Here is our part list
2 Harken mini blocks
4 Stainless Steal clips
100' of line
2 J...
Dave and Patricia discuss their top 10 dislikes about the Jeanneau 440. Last episode was the top 10 things they liked about the Jeanneau 440, https://youtu.be/3BlJxDfs6t4
1. AC water returns
2. Emergency Tiller Stowage
3. Rear Pulpit
4. Mismatched screen...
Dave and Patricia do the obligatory Top 10 list on CAVU. Patricia walks around their Jeanneau SO 440 counting down their favorite features.
10) Electronic swim platform 9) Convertible coaming 8) Walk around deck
7) Garage 6) Windows 5) Wine cellar 4) Pop...
Dave and Patricia finally find a solution for their storage woes aboard their Jeanneau SO 440 CAVU... the Milwaukee Pack Out system. This storage system is light weight and water proof. The Milwaukee Pack Out System is usually used by construction works bu...
Dave and Patricia close out 2021 with finale sail down to Redfish Island. Foggy night and great sail back ahead of a strong cold front. Dave and Patricia bought a new Jeanneau 440 in 2021 with no previous sailing experience. Follow them as they outfit Cavu...
It's our first Christmas on the boat. We go to the annual boat parade and explore the festive light displays on the boardwalk. Patricia dresses up as the Christmas Elf for holiday gift giving.
Deck the Halls by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative C...
Dave and Patricia bought a new Jeanneau 440 and are outfitting it to live aboard and cruise the world. Todays project is a galley faucet upgrade to make washing dishes easier.
We bought a Moen Adler faucet from a big box store and got some connectors onl...
We continue our cleaning of Cavu back in the slip and sail down to Redfish Island for night on anchor. We have to clean the mud out of our anchor locker and try out the Ryobi power washer.
We decided to pull Cavu out of the water to clean her bottom and replace zincs. While we have her out I'm going to compound and wax her hull. Patricia is going to do some detailed cleaning too.
One of my co workers is a big car guy and suggested I try Grio...
Dave and Patricia return to Offatts Bayou for the first time solo. Trying out their new Penn fishing rods and reels. They have to endure heavy ship traffic, a fierce storm at anchor and a rogue dolphin.
We went to the 2021 Annapolis with a shopping list for Cavu and to participate in the Youtube Channel tent. If you haven't seen the other episode here is a link. https://youtu.be/epY6SrViOCU
We had a very short time there but got a lot done. Made some new ...
Since all the boat shows were closed during the pandemic we ended up watching a lot of videos to decide on which boat to buy. One of the boats we kept coming back to was the Amel 50. Here at the 2021 Annapolis Sailboat Show we get a chance to see one for t...
We are excited to be going to the Annapolis Boat Show. Patricia shares her shopping list.
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