Our triumphant Bon Voyage is thus far, a failure to launch. Well, everyone, in case you didn’t know it, we haven’t left Beaufort, NC yet. We’ve moved 1 mile down the waterway and are waiting, waiting waiting. Refitting an old boat, and even sailing a new boat comes with a never-ending list of new things…
A Leaky Mast: Fingers Crossed and Epoxy Set
Our first large(ish) project with the refit was to quickly repair a leak around our mast where it goes through the deck. When it rained, we had a steady drip in the cabin (along with many others that were fixed later), onto the new(ish) custom teak table the previous owner had installed. We were very…
About SV Fruit Bat
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Through the Panama Canal
Our first major passage, prior to buying SV Fruit Bat, was as crew on SV Stargazer, a 1989 75 foot Irwin Ketch. We found Stargazer on findacrew.net, which is a bit like couchsurfing for finding crew and crewing opportunities. Captain Cactus needed crew to assist with watches as he moved cruising grounds from the US…
Stiff Winds: The Catalina 22
[Post Coming Soon!] In 2016, we decided to buy ‘first boat’
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