Category: Sailing
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Attempting to go Sailing
We had every intention to go sailing. The sails were in the cabin ready to go but it was to perfect of an evening so we drank some beers and made some new friends instead. See you on our next adventure! Follow and Subscribe so you get notified about our next adventure! What we use: […]
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Raising and Stepping the Mast on our Catalina 22
It’s time to do a dry run getting the mast stepped on our Catalina 22 and making sure everything is running our before we take her to the water to hopefully go sailing for the first time. See you on our next adventure! See you on our next adventure! Follow and Subscribe so you get […]
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How to use a Porta Potti
We are going to review how the Thetford 260B Porta Potti (portable toilet) works. We will cover prepping the Porta Potti for use, how to empty the Porta Potti Cassette Toilet and how to operate the the Thetford 260B Porta Potti (Portable Toilet) cassette toilet. Where to buy these items: Porta Potti – https://amzn.to/2KD5sUH Toilet […]
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Luna Has A Leak
In between some more more rainy days we finally found the time to clean up Luna and see what we have to do next. That’s when we discovered that she has a leak at the bow. No worries though, we are taking her to Matt’s again to finish up a few things on her […]
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Making a Temporary Dinette Table for Luna
We are finally getting back in to normal since our wedding and honeymoon. Now we can get back to boat projects on our Catalina 22 Sailboat. When we got our sailboat it was completely gutted no wiring, no cushions, and no dinette table. So far we got the wiring and the cushions. Now we need […]
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Racing Stars & Stripes in Mexico – America’s Cup Sailing Yacht
Oasis of the Seas, May 2018, Day 6 12 METRE CHALLENGE AMERICA’S CUP RACING EXPERIENCE We are not on our Catalina 22 sailboat this time. We have upgraded for this trip! Our second time in Cozumel Mexico was amazing! We raced a retired 1987 America’s Cup racing yachts. I can’t begin to explain how […]
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The Sailboat Prep Continues
Its been raining like crazy down here. I don’t think it has stopped for weeks so we made the best of our Sunday. While we were at Ross and Marshall’s shopping for our cruise next week we happened to stroll by a huge bin of outdoor pillows. They were really cheap too! So naturally we […]
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Launching Our Sailboat For The 1st Time
Here is our almost beautiful 1983 Catalina 22 sailboat. We didn’t want to waste a perfectly good Sunday so we picked up the boat from Matt’s and left the mast there. We decided to put her in for a few hours just to putt around the intracoastal. The funny looks from people who knew it […]
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Our Fixer Upper Sailboat Update
A quick update on our Catalina 22 sailboat that we picked up about a month ago. First we want to send a big thank you to our buddy Matt at ProWorx Powersports who has been helping us out with all this work. We tried to connect everything and step the mast ourselves just to make […]
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We Bought A Sailboat
After a lot of weighing options we have made our decision on which sailboat to buy. We are very excited (and nervous) about our new adventure. Our wedding is is in 32 days and are really hoping we can get it put together in time for a honeymoon sailing trip! Wait… we need to learn […]
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Sailboat Shopping
Since we went to Key Largo for the introductory sailing course we both have been pretty obsessed with the idea of getting a sail boat. The instructor Jorge said that the Catalina 22 that we took the lesson on was the perfect 1st sail boat because it is easy to learn on, very trailer-able and […]
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The Soul of a Sailor
You know what we love about the keys? In just a 2 hour drive south you are in a tropical island where everything just slows down. The people are more relaxed and the wind isn’t disturbed by the sound of the city. For Christmas I got Rob a Groupon for an introduction to sailing for […]
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The Most Romantic Thing To Do In Key West
Robert and I both [obviously] have full time jobs and we generally only get Sundays off together. So, when the stars align and somehow we get a Saturday or a Monday we plan a quick weekend getaway. With my student loans, all of our toys (motorcycles, Waverunner ect.) and our attempt to save for a […]
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