Sand Castle
| Vessel Name: | Sand Castle |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Marine Trader Sundeck |
| Hailing Port: | Matthews Point, NC |
| Crew: | Ben, Debbie, Hannah, Alex, Marley, Maddie |
| About: | Just the family thing boat. Gaining experience with diesel, electrical, sanitation, and fresh water to follow so many of you out there... |
| Extra: | We hedged on sail versus power. set sites on a nice old trawler with it's share of fixes needed. After a while we see sails in our future and the islands on our beam. |
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02 November 2010 | Raleigh, NC
The seeds of the journey...
Ok, I admit, I'm a dreamer. But you gotta start somewhere, right? So caught somewhere between considered adulthood and death I realized, and converted my forever girlfriend and spouse that the boat is the way to go. Now that we have the boat, we need the game-plan.
The seeds of the journey...
02 November 2010 | Raleigh, NC
Ben/52F Clear
Ok, I admit, I'm a dreamer. But you gotta start somewhere, right? So caught somewhere between considered adulthood and death I realized, and converted my forever girlfriend and spouse that the boat is the way to go. Now that we have the boat, we need the game-plan.
So I watch, and I stalk a few blogs, and I ask alot of questions. I take night courses on diesel and DC, the spouse takes the next career courses so she can retire properly. The kids get themselves situated toward pre- and early-adulthood. And we watch and we wait. Settling in for the winter and planning the bottom paint and the fresh-water re-plumb. And reading and wishing and admiring the flock and flow south.
If you read this from the deck or the cabin, you now are where we aspire to be, you're living our dream to be. One step at a time, I'm sure we follow a well-worn path. Pull in a great deep breath of sea-air for us. It's work-season now and we miss the summer, the sun, and the water.
All this wishin's gonna turn in to something, but for now it's just seeds.
Fair winds.
Ben and Deb
So I watch, and I stalk a few blogs, and I ask alot of questions. I take night courses on diesel and DC, the spouse takes the next career courses so she can retire properly. The kids get themselves situated toward pre- and early-adulthood. And we watch and we wait. Settling in for the winter and planning the bottom paint and the fresh-water re-plumb. And reading and wishing and admiring the flock and flow south.
If you read this from the deck or the cabin, you now are where we aspire to be, you're living our dream to be. One step at a time, I'm sure we follow a well-worn path. Pull in a great deep breath of sea-air for us. It's work-season now and we miss the summer, the sun, and the water.
All this wishin's gonna turn in to something, but for now it's just seeds.
Fair winds.
Ben and Deb
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