Boats, Guns and Dogs
First, I’ll preface. I’m not an expert at anything in this blog, so please don’t think I comment from a position of any real knowledge, as all views on this blog are my own and not backed by much of anything except my opinion and occasional thoughts that escape when I have bad gas. I […]
A start for our cruising communications
We’re slow but sure, starting to work on the boat, gearing everything to bluewater cruise for 3-4 years, with our two tiny children. Several months ago, we attended the Marine Radio Operators Course offered by Orange Coast College through their spectacular School of Sailing and Seamanship in Newport, Ca. We went with friends of ours […]
Hunter Haters
I just bought a 2000 Hunter 460. I have looked at sailboats for the last 3 years and was convinced that I would buy an older, heavier sailboat like a Hudson or a Vagabond but there are always compromises when one is looking for a sailboat and this is what we could afford and what […]
2000 Hunter 460
So,,,in mid January we closed on a 2000 Hunter 460, AWB (another white boat) but ours! After all the years of looking and dreaming about buying a boat, it was almost anti-climatic since it was so hectic getting things together to close, re-name and move the boat to the new slip that I was overwhelmed […]