Well, we paid a deposit on a boat we plan to buy. It seems that the Southern Cross was not in the cards for us, but the lovely boat we found chasing leads in Rockland, Maine will soon be ours. The closing date is July 4th and in the meantime we will be having the boat surveyed. Since the boat is in the water the first step is usually a sea trial, then the boat comes back out of the water for a more thorough inspection by the surveyor. We thought we were already on the same path with another boat just a few days ago when we were back in New York. I won't say here where it was or what kind, because we discovered that we were lied to about the boat's history and condition. It was just dumb luck that we got that information when we did, otherwise we would have been feeling much less forgiving about the situation. Or more accurately, Jon would have acted in a much less forgiving manner when he politely rescinded our offer. In the end, it's just a relief to know that we d
After five years of saving and scheming, we quit our jobs and sold our house in Denver, CO. This is the story of our journey from Maine where we bought Baby Blue, down the US Atlantic Coast (offshore and ICW), through the Eastern Caribbean islands and back again from July 2014 - July 2016. We then returned to shore to build a tiny house, buy land, and have a baby! We're now raising our young son in Western North Carolina and planning our next big adventure.