San Diego to Catalina Island by Sailboat (And Back)
How do you sail from San Diego to Catalina all at once? Read the post and we’ll talk you through it.
Book Review: Flirting with Mermaids by John Kretschmer
I’m sitting here slightly hung over writing this post in blessed semi-silence,,,,with a little reggae turned on. You see, I know that in just a few minutes chaos will be unleashed on me and my house once again,,,,when not two,,,but four children under the age of 10 will return from their afternoon hike. They […]
Selling Tulum- Part 2
So you made the decision to sell your boat,,,,now what? At this point, it’s much easier to make decisions on what to do next with a boat small enough to fit on a trailer,,,,you can put it on a trailer and either take it to a dealer/broker, sell it yourself (while on the trailer) […]
San Diego Boatshow Review
The San Diego Boatshow was awesome, especially with the Grandparents minding the quiet gentle children for the morning. I was there to see what kind of new stuff would be displayed and take a look at sailboats for ideas. Not LOTS of new stuff, but enough to take a look at. My wife got suckered […]
Hunter 460 Owners Manual (PDF)
As I’ve said in my post in the Big Boat Section of Hunter Owners Group, this was hard to find. I had found the Hunter 46.6 Owners Manual before, but had a lot of trouble finding this one. Finally, I had reached out to Hunter several times, but this time the guy answering my email […]
Cat Harbor, Catalina,,,and a few large swells
Between Christmas and New Years 2015 we took off for a few days to Cat Harbor (Twin Harbors) Catalina, Ca for what we hoped would be some good sailing and a few days of relaxing. It was fun, but not much sailing as the wind there and back wasn’t great for sailing and it was […]
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 […]
Here we Go!!!
Damn the Torpedoes,,,full steam ahead!! Although we’ve done this once before and are on a true shoestring budget, nearly check to check,,,,we’ve committed to another sailboat. We survey, haul-out and sea trial all in one day tomorrow (Dec 23rd). Not going to reveal the boat just yet as we’re not getting our hopes up, but […]
The more you look, the more you understand!
Look at as many boats as possible, if you can,,,,before you buy!