Read the article of our Sailboat loss in Hurricane Ian and what we have done to give her a new lead on life with a new family!!
10 Facts you didn’t know about Sailing
You want me to do what with which rope? The blue one? Wrap it around what? What do you mean halyard? Halyard yourself! This is most people’s first experience of …
Getting ready for Christmas aboard S/V DreamChaser
Last weekend we did the decorating of the boat in preparation for the Christmas holiday. This is the first year with the Grandsquids living on board with us that we …
Hey honey wake up, I smell something burning…
It got pretty cold this week in Southern Louisiana. I guess I should say that it is all relative but it was down in the mid to high 30’s overnight. …
Making Yogurt on Board the boat
We are all fans of yogurt on the boat. We eat it as breakfast with fresh fruit, the kids have it as a mid day snack at times and we …
Be Nautical – How we whip the ends of a line
There is a great pleasure I get in doing something in a nautical way, or in a way that shows seamanship (keep snickering down please). This holds true with treating …
Splicing Anchor chain to Rope (3 strand in this case)
When we bought DreamChaser the anchor chain was connected to an “eye” screwed into the based on the Anchor Chain locker. The survey called out an error in this stating …
How to Varnish – (Part 1) Shooting just shy of perfection
Classic Sailboat = Varnish jobs. Period. End of Story. No way to Avoid it. But that is ok, if it were not something we anticipated we would have looked for …
Visit from Mom & Lisa and Teak Deck (Part 5)
My Mom came to visit us for a few days and we had a blast. We got to meet her partner Lisa after having heard about her for some time …
Great Family Stay-cation in the French Quarter, New Orleans
We have been working hard on the boat, spending lots and lots of time ripping up teak, sanding, epoxying, removing screws and repeating for another section. Between all of …