The Mahi crew flew home to California for a quick trip to see the grandkids and take care of some last minute business. It was good to see our home and visit for a week. We wanted to wrap some things up before heading off to the Bahamas in the New Year. It felt good…
When you own a sailboat, your life and priorities change. Celebrating the holiday is much different than at home. For me, I am most thankful that Joe has finished changing out both toilets (“heads” in boat-speak) Let’s face it, replacing the boat toilet and permeated hose is the grossest job to do on a sailboat. …
The cruising books that do so much to lure you in to the dream of tropical locations, warm waters, sunny skies, for example, do not prepare you for the “emotional impact” of deciding to go cruising. You see, you dream about this for years, then when it is actually happening, the stress of all the…
The boat buying process seemed to take forever for us. In hindsight, it was pretty amusing at times dealing with selling brokers. Here are just a couple of my favorite memories: The angry broker who called me and chewed me out for not being at the boat viewing appointment. He went on to recount how…
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