Vintage Attitude - The Perfect Boat

I Love this drawing It says it all.

Yup! Bob Bitchin of Cruising Outpost Magazine got it right about how I love my old 1976 Morgan 41 Out Island. Even with all its needed work it is still the perfect boat for me.

 I participate in a lottery pool and one of the guys asked me "if we win are you going to buy a new boat?"  I said hell no! but I will get me a couple cases of rum and sit in the cockpit and supervise all the refit work that needs to be done.

I just have not seen a boat, new or old, that works out as well, just for me. I dont even like other Morgan 41's that have a different layout, as well as I love my boat. It fits my lifestyle it fits me.

Read Bob Bitchin's article click here: Vintage Attitude - The Perfect Boat

BTW..I met Bob Bitchin at the boat show last year and had a nice conversation with a cool boat dude.

Naked Sailing !! I need a license for that?

I just read a funny and informative blog about sailing the ocean blue, au naturel, that means nude, naked, without apparel. I thought it was just me, but according to the Cygnus III Blog it's quite common to sail naked.

Read this funny article, click here...  Sailing Naked   at
 The Cygnus III Liveaboard and Sailing Blog

 It seems the author Mark Roope has a license for nude sailing so I figured I better get one also, before the authorities cancel my subscription to "Whale Watch Monthly" So here is my naked sailing license posted in a public spot.

What Is a Ship

Borrowed from Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Caribbean:

SV Kooky Dance: Rudder Cay to Emerald Bay Marina on Great Exuma.

I'm so jealous! Scott and Tamera who were my dockmates here at Bayland Marina are now in the Exuma Islands having a blast. Check out their blog.

SV Kooky Dance: Rudder Cay to Emerald Bay Marina on Great Exuma.: By Capt. Scott Buckley Location: Emerald Bay Exumas. In order to enter Elizabeth Harbor at Georgetown it is required to enter Exuma Soun...

The Refit Continues

Well its January and I had hoped to have some completed photos ready but its going really slow now. A whole lot of stuff is done but nothing is completely finished.  The galley, forward head, and the vee berth are just about done. The detail trim and final paint are taking a long time and the teak trim is expensive and I am waiting for the kitty to build up a bit to buy all new teak trim.

Since I dont have any completed photos to show, I guess I will post a few of the demolition of the galley.  We tore off all the old Formica and then found some wood rot in the cabinets so all of the cabinets were rebuilt with new wood.

Thats it for the demolition a lot more has been done since this last photo, the top is on and sink and faucet is installed most hardware and some trim and paint is done, so will post more when completed. 

Living on a sailboat; there is nothing that compares to it. However, when you go into refit mode it's a nightmare! Galley formica horizontal and vertical are off, wood counter tops off, gimbal stove out < less cooking lol. Sawdust and fiberglass powder sitting on EVERYTHING my itches have itches! Then it gets quiet and the boat gently rocks for and aft and all the anxiety goes away; sitting in the cockpit in the evening watching the sunset gentle breeze blowing. Retirement can' t come soon enough then off to the islands maybe settling down in Grenada in 10 or 15 yrs! Im ready!

 "The perfection of a yacht's beauty is that nothing should be there for only beauty's sake."

- John MacGregor

A little taste of cruising life

We sailed to Offats Bayou for the Memorial Day weekend and got a little taste of what the cruising life will be like. We were anchored just off an island (Galveston) with gentle winds blowing, some tropical music playing in the cockpit and cooking up dinner on the bar-b-que. 

We had to make a supply run and dropped the dinghy off the davits and made the short trip across the bayou to the store to stock up. In the islands the dinghy will be our car to go to the store for supplies.