Posts by onandon

Quote: Originally Posted by boatbaby Onandon - that is so exciting! I was reading your post to my husband and he said "Oh no! I hope your blog isn't causing people to throw themselves in the ocean. Nice work...

Quote: Originally Posted by unlegal Are you Bethany, by the way? Nope, I'm Victoria and dh is Tucker.

The boat is ours today! Yippee! We signed the final papers and handed over our life's savings. My husband has a plane ticket to go up and de-rig it for the trip home. We'll splash it on May 11th and move aboard within a month after...

We had an excellent test sail and a good survey (no major surprises). The CAL 43 is a go! It sailed like a dream. It's 40 years old but has a new rig, new sails, lots of spares, and an engine with only 417 hours. It's a much bigger boat...

I'll post my update since everything has changed....Our deal on the ocean Polaris fell through after we had a terrible boat falling apart test sail. A few weeks ago we got to the top of a liveaboard waitlist that we've been on for ten...

We love the book "Ruby Sings the Blues," by Niky Daly about a loud girl who learns to control her volume by learning to sing. Not that it helped, but it's a good story that might get them thinking about how powerful their...

I noticed that there are even more mamas on this thread now. I'm so excited I want to shout out to the world that we're on the verge of being a boat family. We have an accepted offer on a beautiful (aka life of varnishing) Union Polaris...

Quote: Originally Posted by LeoneLover13 How do you know if you are ready to make the move? Or even if you are suited to it?..... Did you just jump on the boat and were fine, were you nervous before? I would really...

I'm loving all of the ideas. We'll be in Maine visiting family soon so I think maybe we'll get to LL Bean and buy a back pack or a new pair of shoes for fall. I love all of the school supplies so I'll probably pick up some special...

Ikea has a roll holder. I haven't assembled ours yet but it might be the trick.