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Category: Prep

Posted onNovember 8, 2023November 2, 2023Land Adventures

A week of prep in Hampton

by Melissa1 Comment on A week of prep in Hampton

On Wednesday the 25th, we left the dock at Willoughby and made a quick trip across to Hampton, where we stopped at the fuel and pumpout docks at Safe Harbor…

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Posted onNovember 6, 2023November 2, 2023Land Adventures

Norfolk for a night

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We scheduled a quick haul out at a yard in Norfolk for Monday the 23rd, to take a look at our rudder and have the bottom of the boat power…

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Posted onOctober 29, 2023October 28, 2023Prep

Another real time update

by Melissa1 Comment on Another real time update

Howdy everyone! As you know, our blog posts are a couple weeks behind real time, so I am popping in to give you a real time update on what we’re…

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Posted onOctober 21, 2023October 20, 2023Land Adventures

Making new friends, and upgrading to lithium batteries

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While we were in Annapolis, we met a number of other cruisers who were in the mooring field along with us, or in the anchorages or marinas near by. Tons…

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Posted onSeptember 21, 2023September 20, 2023Prep

Boat projects in Newport

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We knew we’d be in Newport at some point in September, so we had a bunch of boat parts and Amazon orders sent to our friends Jim and Kate in…

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Posted onJune 30, 2023June 29, 2023Land Adventures

Our first week of home sweet Oestara

by Melissa17 Comments on Our first week of home sweet Oestara

We have been settling into the boat as our home over the last week. Some parts have been more fun than others! We got here on Friday night the 23rd,…

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Posted onJune 29, 2023Land Adventures

A big birthday, last day of school, and farewell to JC

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The week from Friday the 16th to Friday the 23rd was a big one for us! Cecelia turned 10 on June 20th, and we had a party for her in…

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Posted onJune 18, 2023Land Adventures

Visiting the mitten, filling up storage, and a surprise at school

by Melissa9 Comments on Visiting the mitten, filling up storage, and a surprise at school

One of our wrap up tasks before we set sail was to drop our F-150 off in Michigan – Patrick’s brother is going to take care of the truck for…

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Posted onJune 12, 2023Prep

(Mostly) loaded in

by Melissa2 Comments on (Mostly) loaded in

The first weekend of June saw us heading back to Oestara, loading her up with as much of our stuff as we could, and wrapping up a number of remaining…

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Posted onMay 21, 2023May 21, 2023Prep

Spring boat work

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Well, the rig sadly wasn’t in when we went up to the boat last weekend, but we got some cleaning done and other bits taken care of. The yard did…

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