As I mentioned in my last post, we’ve been in project mode lately. Randy and I have a long list of boat chores and projects we are working on to get Blue Turtle into shape for our big Dry Tortugas/Keys trip at the end of June. As many of you know, Randy proposed to me …
Boat Projects
I’ve been in boat project mode lately and decided to tackle a few of our drawers on the boat that have gotten out of control. Anyone that owns a boat knows that nothing on it is a standard size. All of the drawers on our boat are custom sized which rules out a lot of the …
Even with all these strange winter storms we’ve had lately, Randy and I actually managed to get a boat project done. When we bought Blue Turtle over 3 years ago, we always planned to address the interior walls. Our old boat has some very dated, mildewy, stained and ugly wallpaper that is peeling up in …
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 …
Since we’re going with the “belated” theme, we can file this one under “better late than never”. This weekend was one of those wonderful weekends where we have nothing planned. After our hectic schedule with family in town and Randy’s father’s wedding, it was nice to relax a bit this weekend and check off one …
Since last weekend we played at Tween Waters Inn & Marina, we decided this weekend we would get some boat projects out of the way. We have a small list of projects to finish before heading to the Keys in July. Randy knocked out a couple of them yesterday: installing dive tank brackets in the …
This month, Randy, Corey and I are celebrating 2 years living aboard Blue Turtle. It was May of 2012 that we brought Blue Turtle (then called “Down Time”) home to Fort Myers from Longboat Key. Our first year living aboard was a bit overwhelming, it seemed that every time we tried to fix something, another …
One side project that happened while we were painting our boat was to remove the radar that was mounted on the front of our boat the the mast. We had always wanted to put it on the mast where it would function better being above the boat rather than in front. Randy had to moving …
For the past several weeks, Randy and I have been hard at work on a large boat project—painting the exterior of Blue Turtle. When we first purchased Blue Turtle, we knew immediately that we would have to paint her one day. The exterior paint was worn all the way down to the fiberglass in some …
This past Saturday Corey stayed with his mom, so Randy and I decided to tackle a couple of boat projects. You may remember from our weekend in Cape Coral that we had our port side door dismantled and rebedded. My project was to sand down the door jam and part of the step and varnish …
This weekend, Randy and I took Blue Turtle to Cape Coral Yacht Club (CCYC) for one night (Saturday) to get some much needed projects done. Since we didn’t have Corey for a couple of days, we decided this would be a good time to take Blue Turtle there and have my dad help guide him …