Overnighting for the first time on a new boat brings trials and tribulations. After a washout Memorial Day weekend, our goal for the following weekend was to stay overnight on the boat for the first time. I was antsy and Karen was apprehensive. In the past we moved like cheetahs. A six-pack, a pair ofContinue reading “A Boating Bedtime Story”
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Little Moments Like This
Karen sits back in a blue West Marine chair making faces at Connor. Scrunched in a bulky, red life jacket he’s uncomfortable but musters a smile back at her. Beneath the chair, tethered by her pink leash, is our pup Salty. Tongue dangling from her mouth, she too is enjoying the ride. It’s atContinue reading “Little Moments Like This”
After years of admiring this boat from afar, the day had finally arrived. I snuck out of work early on Thursday for a sea trial with the Bertram 28’s owner, my surveyor and my dad. We all knew there was some rot in the corner of one of the engine mounts that offered pause andContinue reading
Boy and a Boat 