We went to visit the boat again today to take one last look at her before the survey and sea trial next week. I say again like we’ve seen it a million times already. Actually, this was only the second time we’ve been on the boat and we wanted some more time to look around,
Just to confirm, yes…we found a renter for our house, and WE HAVE A CONTRACT ON A BOAT!! A 2003 Leopard 3800 to be exact. This was Matt’s dream boat, but there is hardly any inventory on the market and those that are for sale were well out of our price range. The fact that
The burning question everyone is asking us…. Have we found a renter yet? Sadly, no. We keep reassuring ourselves that it’s only been 2 weeks since our house has officially been on the market, and we’ve had ALOT of showings in those two weeks. I think the running tally is somewhere around 15 right now.
We had our yard sale last weekend, and man, it was crazy! We had been busy in the weeks before going thru each room, bagging, tagging, organizing, etc, and were excited for the day to finally arrive! I’m sure that the whole process would be much easier for anyone NOT trying to sell all
Well, we’ve made some big moves recently to go from the suburbs to the sailing part of life. We’ve decided to rent our house and to move into a small studio apartment in Annapolis while we continue to look for a catamaran. We’ve seen a few boats we were really interested in, but couldn’t
The main factor in us considering a monohull is price. Hands down. You can get a decent boat for around $100k… go a little older and you’re looking at around $60k-$80k. That is about half the cost of a catamaran and cuts our wait time down considerably. Plus, there are so many choices and
Matt and I went down to the Annapolis boat yards today to check out his new turf and to play on some big boats. He has been working on some pretty sweet Beneteaus, and wanted me to come check them out. Although still a monohull skeptic, I must admit, these ladies were beautiful. Even though
Hey guys, guess what? We found ourselves the perfect boat. She hails from the Boston Market and was no doubt made from the finest craftsmen around. I think we’ll call her Better with Butter.
Wow, a lot has been happening lately to push us from the suburbs to the sailing part of our plan! We’re big believers that things always happen for a reason in life, but the way things have been falling into place for us has made us wonder if there's some divine intervention or something going
Wow. It’s barely into January and we’ve really been put to the test already this winter. For the past several YEARS, we’ve had the mildest of winters around here – higher than average temps, hardly any snow (thank you global warming!) – that have been generally bearable. This winter? Geeze! Eight days into the new
