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When Dreams Become a Reality! | Cruising our rebuilt sailboat to the Bahamas Sailing Honu Time S3E10
When Dreams Become a Reality! We can’t believe this day has finally arrived! We have been working tirelessly on our 2001 Hunter for the past 11 months with a dream and a goal of traveling the world with her. Ok, maybe not the world right off the bat, b...
Boats & O’s | A Shuck’n Good Time – MUST DO’s in the Chesapeake – Sailing Honu Time S3E9
A Shuck’n Good Time! It has been a dream of our to get the opportunity to go to the Annapolis boat show in the Chesapeake. Josh and I have worked boat shows for years in our old industries and it was nice to finally be apart of the crowd and just take i...
A Hole Lot of Fun | Refitting our 2001 Sailboat
A Hole Lot of Fun! More boat yoga anyone? Now that we are “experts” in fiberglass it’s time to tackle the anchor locker and weakly mounted windlass. The mounting plate and fiberglass is so cracked we are worried that one day when we are pulling the ...
Out of the frying pan and into the fire | Refitting a 2001 sailboat
The day has finally arrived. We are scheduled to get back in the water. Just a few minor projects to complete... Wax the hull, install the prop, paint the bottom of the keel and stand plates, then wash the boat and were done. Minor stuff. It was very surr...
Cock It & Rock It | Installing Sea Cocks and Through Hulls on 2001 Sailboat
I never thought dealing with a hole in the boat could be so satisfying. This week was a true test of DIY with your spouse. We had to coordinate two separate jobs while trying to talk to each other through the hull of the boat and let me tell you that pro...
Out running a hurricane | Refitting a Hunter Sailboat
Now that the fiberglass rebuild work has been completed on the rudder it’s time to start getting the rest of the hull back in shape. We have 685 sq ft of surface to prep and paint before Hurricane Ian comes knocking on our door step. The blisters are al...
What did we get ourselves into? | Refitting Our 20yr old Sailboat
To say that we have a lot of work ahead of us is an understatement! Now that we are in the thick of things we are getting a real idea of what needs to be done on Honu. It's not just about scraping and painting the bottom. The game is the same just the pl...
Can turtles fly? | Refitting our 20yr old Sailboat
Can turtles fly? It’s haul out day! “There is nothing scarier and more exciting than seeing your entire house and everything you own held up by two little yellow straps” That is the understatement of a life time. We have been waiting for this mome...
Will it ever go in? | Refitting our Hunter Sailboat
Will it ever go it? If we are ever going to move our boat again, we need to get our engine up and running. The trip north really did a number on her and we are now ready to put everything back in working order. But that doesn’t always prove to be as ea...
More Boat Projects! | Refitting our Hunter Sailboat
More Boat Projects! We have final made it to our new home in Virginia and boy was that shakedown cruise a doozy. We have discovered a whole “boat” load of new boat projects to do. But as they say, your project list never ends. To list off a few ite...
Is This The End Of Our Journey?
Is this the end of our journey? What a change in scenery we had this week. Going from the tranquil grasses and trees to a full-on industrial landscape, what a shock to the senses. We had to deal with major shipping lanes, movable bridges on schedules,...
We Got Infested 🦟 Cruising the ICW
We Got Infested 🦟 Who knew that the ICW would be a go to vacay? The more we travel it the more we wonder how many beautiful things we have not seen in the world… not even that far. How many beautiful things we have not seen in North America. Wheneve...
Chasing the Sunshine | Cruising the ICW
Chasing the Sunshine! 😎🏝 Sometimes you need to slow down and smell the roses. We have been on a mission to get north as quick as possible and have forgotten to stop and to explore all the really cool places along the way. Enter Beaufort, NC … no...
Boat Life: Living Our Best Life | Traversing down the ICW
Boat Life: Living Our Best Life Wow! Does it get any better than this?! Some days are just fantastic from the moment you open your eyes. These were those days. The sun was shining the current was flowing in our direction and the scenery was fantastic o...