In reading various internet forum threads relating to the disposing of "stuff" prior to embarking on a cruising adventure it seems pretty universal that most people get rid of everything EXCEPT their tools. So, as we are in no position to be contrarians we have tried to do the same. Of course, there's no place for a large compound sliding mitre saw on a small cat, so we have trimmed our supply down to 2-3 large tool boxes of primarily…
That sounds better than homeless, doesn't it? Although it's not totally true we now have a chunk of cash in our account instead of a house. Cash may not keep us warm tonight, but it will certainly make buying a boat a lot easier. But not just yet... Today was an awesome exercise for us. We won't give away our new address, to keep the internet stalkers at bay. What I can say though is that our new place is…
So, you want to run away to live on a sailboat someday. What are you prepared to give up to achieve this objective? I'm talking to myself primarily because it's us that is currently working through this exercise. Today we met with our lawyer to sign the house-sale documents. In just a few days we will essentially be homeless. The funny thing about that experience is that our lawyer, who we had never met before today, had several sailing photos…
We have been receiving periodic follow-up emails from Staley, a broker at The Catamaran Company. Several months ago we made contact with him and gave him a loose outline of our plans. Since then he has been sending us updates and recent listings semi-relevant to our search. I'm not positive if these are custom emails or instead generated by some sort of database. Regardless I decided today to reply to his most recent one. Here is what I sent him..…
Yesterday afternoon I made a special trip back to our house and while there, gave Rebecca a call on my cel phone. She told me later that she could hear a big echo on the phone, and it sounded like I was calling from a large, empty room. I told her it was because I WAS calling from a large, empty room (our living room). It's a good thing our home's new owners have purchased all of the appliances and…
Many of our friends have not been following this Blog (yet) and of course aren't aware that we do not yet have a boat. So, let's go shopping. Here is a typical day's (today's to be specific) search on Yachtworld.com: 722 new boats 214 of them are sailboats (1 new, 213 used) 13 are catamarans. 1 of the Cats is in our price range, is located in the USA and looks pretty nice! 32 of the boats are between the…