Our Story In a Nutshell

In 2003 , we began our labor of love and started to restore our CSY 44 sailboat,which we named Freedom. After 5 1/2 years of pure sweat, (Florida in July in a t-vac suit and full mask)some tears, endless reading and lots of leaps of faith, restoration was completed in January 2009. The rest of the story is unraveling as we learn to become the sailors we have always read about. Their inspiration has always lead us to new places...the real reson we started this adventure to begin with. We left from St. Petersburg, Florida in January 2009, sailed to Longboat key, then Useppa, St. James City, Cape Coral, Marathon, Rodriguez Key, Miami, then onto the Bahamas. In the Bahamas we sailed to Norman's Key, Shroud, Hawksbill, Warderick Wells, Black Point, Staniel Key, Spanish wells, Eleuthera, Little Harbor, Marsh harbor and then over to Beaufort North Carolina...up the ICW to Norfolk and finally we ended up in the Chesapeake Bay.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Pop The Trunk


No, this is not a detective series being acted out...I am cetoling(varnishing)the wood trim on our boat. "Pop the Trunk" is a song by the Aggralites, a reggae band that will definitely make you smile even if you are varnishing....As I stain trim, John is installing a DYI (do it yourself) watermaker...it is a reverse osmosis deal that will filter out the salt from ocean water so it is potable for us to drink...Pretty cool! The fun of boat ownership! The cool thing about being in the Chesapeake is seeing a lot of friends that have traveled up to this area or that live here. We met a couple in Bimini(Bahamas) and we were able to contact them, we found out that they are right here in this area for the summer. One last thought for the day...remember when your parents said that as you get older time will go by even quicker...THEY WERE RIGHT! Keep moving and love life!
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3 comments:

Anne and Chris said...

Welcome back east! We hope to run into you guys again on our way south.

August 20, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Lynn said...

Varnish and installing stuff, sounds like the cruising life to me! At least, Steve's version of it. Where are you now? Hope to catch up with you in the next month or so.

August 25, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Equinox Crew said...

What a GREAT song. Just downloaded. Comes from an album called Dirty Reggae? Hmm. Must listen to the rest!

August 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM

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