At times it feels like time is standing still and other times it feels as if it flies by. When we first arrived in Rio Vista we were both happy we had a place to launch but also stressed as we didn’t really have a plan B when we needed one and didn’t have enough …
The first time you take a boat out to test her out. See what she can do and how to handle her it’s called a shake down. We made a plan on how we were going to get out of our tight slip and out of the Marina. We also made a mental list of all …
The dock that the travel lift uses has been condemned, and we have no way to put your sailboat in the water!!! That was the email response that I received from the marina three weeks before we were to arrive. Ok, now what? After our moment of disbelief, we did what every modern human would …
One of the most exciting projects we’ve done on the boat is raising the mast. Now most people would be in a marina with a crane. But we used a fork lift. Yes the old Pettibone fired up for some delicate work. Raising actually went really smooth. I think it probably took longer trying to …
As the time gets closer to splash date the urgency to check projects off the list becomes critical. In 9 short weeks we will be leaving our beautiful small town life for one of exotic adventures. We have been busy bees getting projects wrapped up. Each and every tedious project. We had a few projects …