Dolce Far Niente – What does that mean? The best way I can translate this Italian concept is: The Sweetness of Doing Nothing. We did’t plan anything for this Sunday other than packing the radio […]
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Hanging at Walt Disney World for Independence Day and Apple’s Birthday
The first thing anyone would say when they found out we were spending 4th of July weekend at Disney was “hell no” or “you guys are crazy!” Independence Day at the parks is expected to […]
Fitting a New Bimini Top to Our Catalina 22
We got a new bimini top for our Catalina 22 sailboat and it turned out to be higher than the boom. It was the perfect size otherwise so we decided to cut it down and […]
Camping on Our Catalina 22 Sailboat
Now that we have new (to us) cushions for Luna our plan is to try them out. It took forever to get the covers off the cushions and dry them out. The zippers were all […]
Dumping Our Boat
After stripping “Freebie” for all she’s worth, and obtaining several thousand dollars worth of things, we couldn’t give the hull away. The only option left was to take her to the county dump. We’re grateful to […]
New Cushions for Luna
Since Luna was still anchored we decided to bring some of our new treasures to her and hang out for the evening. We slip our new cushions into the v-berth of our 1983 Catalina 22 and […]
We Got a Free Boat!
We Got a Catalina 22 for free! A very generous couple gave us a 1973 Catalina 22 with no strings attached and it has quite a few of the very expensive parts we’ve been missing […]
New Outboard Motor Bracket for our Our Catalina 22
We install a new Panther by Marinetech 55-0416 Outboard 4-stroke bracket on our Catalina 22 sailboat. Here’s what we used: Marinetech 55-0416 Marine 4 – Stroke Bracket: https://amzn.to/2WsSbod CRC Marine White Lithium Grease: https://amzn.to/2HFkoEQ 3M […]
