After our fancy new “bottom job” we took the dingy into town to our favorite chandlery on Preveza and bought ourselves all new fenders and lines. Our girl is all polished up and we just couldn’t hang the shabby looking ones back up on her. A huge shout out to Tsoukas Marine for helping …
Stickers are officially on and our boat has a name. We are Bedouin. We chose the name for several reasons. Bedouins are semi-nomadic people who took their homes with them when they travelled. They were known for many things, among them, their hospitality, loyalty to family, and pride of ancestry–three qualities we find admirable. …
Our paperwork is all in order, our boat has a new name, and we’ve got a launch time scheduled for tomorrow! It was a little sad to scrape the last of the “Kiri Maia” stickers off the boat, as the old owners are the BEST people and we didn’t want to remove them completely—but …
A fresh coat of anti-fouling went on yesterday! Today’s job, we will attempt to apply our new boat stickers with as little cussing as possible. Check out the before and after. BEFORE AFTER
It’s sticker removal day. Feel free to fly over and join us. You’ll need: One scraper, a spray bottle of cleaner, a few rags, five or six cuss words, and a plastic bag to help collect all the scraped off bits to burn as a sacrificial offering to the sea gods. The old name …
Mark’s got his own chandlery and hardware store on the starboard side. The original owner remodeled the forward starboard shower into a closet to store his massive collection of spare parts. But don’t worry, there are two other showers aboard, and actually three if you count the one out back on our sugar scoop. …
Poor thing, we’ve turned her into a shady carport. We’re keeping her dry docked to get some work done. Among the many boat projects, we’ve got to repaint her hulls after all the spots that were scraped off by the boat surveyor. But…as Captain Bret of @liahona44 would say, “a clean bottom is a happy …
