Ho-Ho-Ho From Esperanza and Cable Marine boatyard. We are making the best of our stay here, Getting work done sanding paints all the little things that just keep being put off. Just getting back from the smallest hardware store in North America but the…
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Can it be?
Yesterday we applied an oil “sealer” that really brought out the color of the wood. Today we are applying the first coat of finish!!!
Where’s Santa! Tonight’s the night…
“Where’s Santa?” is asked by children all over the world. Tonight’s the night. Did you know that you and your children can check the NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) site to see where Santa is right now?! Click o…
Happy Holidays and best wishes in the New Year!
Greetings from Key West and wishing all a safe holiday season. We arrived on the 21st which is kind of remarkable since we had to pick our arrival date back in September and prepay for the dockage. Quite a few times I figured we were going to be coming late but low and behold, we … Continue reading »
Pets On Boats
I’ve written often about our pets. Ruby and Chevy the pit bulls, Olivia the German Shorthair Pointer, and Gertie the cat. We’ve had other pets aboard as well.Pam had Smudge for something like 22 years. She passed away just a few month…
Merry Christmas
From all of us aboard IstaboaHave fun, stay safe, and be kind to others…Enjoy Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
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Merry Christmas 2012
Seems we have all escaped the Mayan Death Day of Doom. Not too surprising – yet the Winter Solstice marks another special time. With that, I will start with a sunset looking from the back of our house on December … Continue reading →
Trying Again
Last March, we started on our first big trip on our Nordhavn 55 — with plans to cruise the Caribbean, across the top of South America, thru the Panama Canal and up Central America to Mexico — only to get stopped at the very beginning in the Bahamas b…
RIB cruising
Why go RIB cruising? Whilst many RIBs are used for diving, club safety, or racing, they are increasingly being bought by people who would, in the past, have bought ski boats or … read more →
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Water Maker Rebuild
Technorati Tags: nordhavn,watermaker When we bought Discovery it had a water maker that was constructed out of Village Marine (VM) parts. It’s what they sell as a ‘bare bones’ system. They sell you all the parts in a box and you install it to fit…
