The Boat Notebook

A page to keep track of all sorts of interesting boat information to help us in our preparation to go cruising. See our main blog The Retirement Project link in the menu bar.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Cats

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I was in Ft. Lauderdale for a day and Brent from the Catamaran Co. showed me a couple of boats they have at the pier. Being Lagoon kind of f...

Monday, May 10, 2010

More lessons from Nomad

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Not in the watter yet but getting close, Nomad's off season refit goes on. The aluminum holding tank failed. A new plastic model is in t...

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Lessons from Nomad

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We have been doing some serious work on Nomad. As a result of having so many parts off I have learned a thing or two about what I want to se...

Monday, February 1, 2010

Chicago Boat Show

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My thoughts on boats continue to evolve as we get deeper in and closer to the decision to pull the trigger on this thing. (3 years into a 5...

Friday, October 30, 2009

Blue Water Class

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I'm sitting in Nomad on a lake full of muddy brown water, so I guess that sparked my "blue water" musings. Deb and I are con...

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Thoughts on the 09 Annapolis show

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The cat vs mono-hull debate is pretty much settled in favor of cats - depending (of course) on $$. I wonder at the difference between the s...

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Big Cat Doors

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A lot of catamarans have these huge sliding glass doors that open the back of the bridge deck onto the aft cockpit area. It is a big sellin...

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