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Off again, Dry Tortugas then Cuba

Hi all, last post for a bit. Got the Alt replaced, changed engine oil etc. Have Ken & Carol on board. Tickets booked for Barcelona, taxes paid, OK anything else??Dry Tortugas with Dream Weaver in the am, then Habana we hope later in the week.

Bumps In the Night

Crossing from Fort Myers Beach to Key West, the weather says leave this afternoon, pull an over night. All is well until at 4 am we pick something up in the prop and rudder, the boat is shaking, I am in the engine room. We radio Dream Weaver. It takes …

Florida West Coast

We leave Ft. Pierce, stop in Indian Town, Mark & Emily bring us tools and join us for Gumbo “sans garlic”.On to Moore Haven, we spend a few nights, work on the tender, wait for Dream Weaver, met the folks on the Manatee “Second Star”. Did Mexican a…

Day off from boat decisions

Though I didn’t make any boat decisions today, a 6 pm email from KKY set my thought processes in motion.Since the interior of this boat will be a brand new design, there are some changes that will occur without precedent.  Since I am totally inept…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

IT IS ADeb had a great trip to the Wrinkle Ranch AKA – Queen Valley, AZ to visit her parents and to watch what was supposed to be “Jan’s last Variety Show”.  I’ve been to at least 3 of Jan’s last shows but was fairly certain this one would be…

More boat conversations today

Even though there was no scheduled conference call today, I managed to stay on the phone for close to an hour with one of my very favorite KKY folks discussing many fine details.  As a woman who will soon need to start cooking before real starvati…

Decisions, decisions, decisions…

Our conference call today was quite productive.  We actually have learned not to all talk at once and to try to stay on the topic under discussion until we get resolution.   Sometimes I get overwhelmed and forget if we actually did get resolu…

The latest decisions to be made

I almost went into withdrawal without our conference call today about boat “things”.  The feeling was short-lived though.  Around 4 pm, in came a message itemizing several topics that had been discussed, but not decided on.  Here’s what’…

Off and Running

Today is only Tuesday, and since yesterday, I’ve already spent nearly 3 1/2 hours on the phone with the KKY build team.  We had back to back conference calls to discuss the issues KKY was patiently waiting for me to address.With a virtual tour of …

I’m Back

Thank you everyone for continuing to read my posts during my absence.  As promised, I’m back.Here we go…..Friday, March 7th, 2014 dawned sunny and not so frigid, for a welcome change.  I knew it would be a special day the minute my eyes fle…