So apparently I’ve been M.I.A. on this blog. Where has the month of June gone? We’ve been out of town the last 2 weeks traveling with Randy while he works. Last week was Hutchinson Island and the week before was Cocoa Beach. We joke that we’ve been living the life of luxury living in hotels with …
I’m finally getting around to posting about our fantastic Memorial Day weekend (last weekend) on anchor at Captiva and then Cayo Costa. Randy, Corey and I first anchored for a night in our favorite Captiva spot where we dinghied to shore at Jenson’s Marina and hiked over to the beach near The Mucky Duck. After …
This month, marks our third year living aboard Blue Turtle. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long already. Our first year was mostly overwhelming and spent repairing lots of things that were broken on our trawler. Our second year living aboard, was less overwhelming although we still had quite a few boat projects on …
A couple weekends ago, Randy and I visited my parents’ new home to see the progress they were making on renovating it. As you may recall, my folks had been live aboards for several years and actually completed the Great Loop last year. When they returned home they announced—much to our surprise—that they were selling …
Last April, Randy and I tackled a very large project of painting the exterior of our boat. We still have the bridge, decks and hull left, but we did do a major portion of the exterior cabin. While in the process of sanding and painting, we had to remove the DeFever Passagemaker lettering in order …
When Randy first took me to see Blue Turtle (back then, it was called Down Time), I fell in love instantly. Our De Fever is a classic trawler with beautiful lines and it had gorgeous wood inside and out. The wood sold me, it was so beautiful with the blonde colored rails that are lighter than you see …
Last weekend, Randy and I decided to begin (reluctantly) a boat project. We started off Saturday morning sanding all of the exterior wood on our boat. This is not a complete refinish (we’re not retired!), just a few maintenance coats that we’ll finally be done with tomorrow a.m. (hopefully). More on that later. Saturday evening, I …
This past Easter weekend, Corey had plans to spend it with his mother so Randy and I decided to get off the dock once more. We decided to anchor near Tween Waters on Captiva Island. We’ve stayed at Tween Waters Marina several times but decided to anchor out instead this time, figuring the marina would …
You may have noticed things are a little different around here. I recently redesigned the website to make it more functional to our readers. The new site sports it’s own Home page now with a slideshow of images, snippets from different categories and a brand-spankin’-new SUBSCRIBE box at the top right. Enter your email here …
Last weekend, Randy, Corey and I headed to Cayo Costa for the weekend. We were expecting a cold front which makes for great surfable waves on the gulf coast. It did rain a full day with 25-35 mph winds, but the rest of the weekend was absolutely beautiful—low humidity and upper 70’s to lower 80’s …
This past Sunday, we were invited along with others in the marina to participate in a boat christening, also known as an excuse to party. We had our own boat christening 2-1/2 years ago at Cayo Costa and it’s always a fun experience. Ned and Beth actually bought their boat 3 years ago and just …
So, Shrimp Festival on Fort Myers Beach was actually last weekend, but it’s been very busy around here and so I’m finally getting around to updating the blog. Better late than never, right? This time of year is always so crazy for us because it’s peak season and spring break around here. It’s also Corey’s …