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.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Open water lessons

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Though a lot of people are doing it, a 35' or shorter mono hull would not be my choice for a live aboard, open water boat. The motion in...

Friday, August 13, 2010

Custom work

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We made a new Bimini Cover for Nomad, then added a boom tent / sunshade. Both were "home made," though the Bimini cover came as a ...

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Life Jackets

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As a life long swimmer, once-upon-a-time active SCUBA diver, also-once-upon-a-time certified life guard, I have developed a bit of a disdain...

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...

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