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After a bit of challenging sailing, we arrived to anchor in Manatee Pocket, at the St. Lucie inlet. We left Fort Pierce (forever?) at noon, after finishing essential business, including testing our new Mercury 15 outboard engine for the dinghy (a tender – an inflatable boat used to get from anchored boat to shore). WeContinue reading “Manatee Pocket”

Roberto and Paloma arrived in Fort Lauderdale yesterday and we drove back to the boat in Fort Pierce. We’re all staying on the boat for the foreseeable future. We need to fix the dinghy engine and install a new acrylic pane for a window in the salon. Otherwise, we are ready to sail. There are,Continue reading “We have crew”

We sail from Fort Pierce to Fort Lauderdale, and pick up our Puerto Rican, and Matan family crew on 19.Feb (we waited for weather). We spend several days bopping down the keys to KeyWest. Crew change: Matan family crew leaves, Russian crew (Irina) joins. We sail to Dry Tortugas and then to Havana.

De-naming Ceremony – Dream On In the name of all who have sailed aboard this ship in the past, and in the name of all who may sail aboard her in the future, we invoke the Holy One Blessed be She and the ancient gods and goddesses of the wind and the sea to favorContinue reading “Naming Ritual”

We have completed the purchase agreement. Surprisingly difficult, tortuous, traumatic. Monday, 31.Jan.2022, 10:00 AM in Fort Pierce, Florida; we close and take ownership and possession of the boat. Previously known as “Dream On”, she will be renamed, with proper ritual (including prayers in Hebrew) to “Bat HaYam” – “Daughter of the sea” (or “The mermaid”).Continue reading “Acceptance soon”

There are lots of important steps to march through. I’m in the midst of them all. 1. Visit lots of boats and get the feel. Ori visits interesting boats. 2. Make sure you can get insurance for the particular vessel and/or loan. Find out if there are any survey requirements beyond the standard. 3. MakeContinue reading “Getting to Acceptance”

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2001-leopard-47-8167657/ This is a big boat, with four cabins. Lots of room for crew and guests. And accepted by the owner. Survey scheduled for 18.Jan.2022 – a critical date!

We drove through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Seven days on the road, including Christmas day in New Orleans. Now we’re settled into our apartment in Fort Lauderdale – home base for boat buying. What we want: Used Catamaran, ten to thirty years old.Price range: $150K to $250K. Cash payment. The best boat willContinue reading “Arrived in Florida”

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1999-leopard-45-8110078/

We start our road trip from Boulder to Fort Lauderdale soon. With Lulu, our dog. A bit like oakies, although headed east. A rental trailer, too much junk, only some of it useful. I’d paint the trailer like a hippie, but I don’t own it.