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.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Winterize

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Kintala will stay in the water this winter. We couldn't pull her if we wanted. Not only is the only travel lift big enough to lift her a...

Monday, November 28, 2011

Catching up

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I don't post here very often, most of the stuff ends up on The Retirement Project. But Kintala has turned into a maintenance boat, so th...

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

From choosing to chosen

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This blog was started to be the place where we discussed much more technical matters regarding our search for the perfect retirement boat an...

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Mono-hull after all?

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After two open water trips on monohulls, we had pretty much decided a catamaran was the boat in our live-aboard future. Then we went to the ...

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

More open water lessons

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A 47' monohull, in this case a Kaufman 47, really is more sea-kindly than a 35' Pearson. (And now I know what "sea-kindly means...

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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 ...

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