8/1 – 9/2016 Summary: We started off our trip to spend a week on the boat with Jeff and Gloria Elliott in the Georgian Bay with what Jeff dubbed “The Curse of Alan.” You’ll have to read below to find out the details. We had been off the boat for …
6/25 – 7/1/2016 Summary – On the morning of June 25, we left Bobcaygeon headed for Fenelon Falls, the “Jewel of the Kawarthas.” And it was. We walked the town, visited a small farmer’s market, ate dinner at Just for the Halibut, and took a long bike ride on Victoria Rail …
6/14 – 24/2016 Summary: After waiting for 3 days on a weather window to cross Lake Ontario, it finally came on June 14th and we left the harbor past the Oswego lighthouse and onto Lake Ontario. It was still a bit rough, but nothing like we had seen the previous few …
6/6 – 13/2016 Summary: With Kathy aboard, we were all set to get going and make the 8 miles to the start of the Erie Canal. After passing through Kathy’s first lock while still on the Hudson, we stopped at the Erie Canal Visitors Center and took a walk up …
5/30 – 6/5/2016 Summary: We awoke the morning of May 30th anchored at Coney Island and were anxious to see NYC, but decided the best, and cheapest, plan would be to move up the Hudson River about 40 miles to Hudson-on-Croton, then take the train back to the city. As …
5/17 – 29/2016 Summary: We returned to Life’s TraVails on May 17th to find her still in “the cave” but dry. The next morning we rented a car so we could get supplies and do some sightseeing. The first project was to replace the leaking holding tank, and after the …
4/28 – 5/6/16 Summary: After Paula got close enough for Lorenzo to jump to the dock, we took a northerly heading on the ICW. Ten days on the dock in Holden Beach had put us behind schedule, so we needed to move faster to make up for lost time. We …
4/6 – 28/16 Summary: Our move up to Charleston went well, including the narrow cut called Elliott Cut where the current could easily match the speed of one’s boat, so timing was important. This section of the ICW was one of the nicest we had seen with a large variety of …
3/18 – 4/5/2016 Summary: Our trip to the boat started with a couple of days visiting Paula’s parents in Greensboro, NC. Considering they are in their mid-to-late 90’s, they are doing very well, and Naomi beat us in a game of hearts both nights we were there! From Greensboro, we …
2/7 – 21/16 Summary: Our stay at Ft. Pierce ended up being a combination of fellowship, sightseeing and labor. In the short time we were there, we met 17 people who were either Loopers, DeFever owners, or just friendly folks. We got invited to share a dinner at the local sports bar & …
1/27 – 2/6, 2016 Summary: We arrived at the boat to several days of rain, then spent a couple of days provisioning and making good use of the rental car, including stopping at 8 thrift shops in one day. (We have become thrift shopaholics). Ate lunch at an amazing new brunch …
11/18-12/5/2015 Summary: Once again we headed to the boat with full intentions of moving south. But once again, that was not to be, not because we couldn’t, but because we determined it just didn’t make any sense. As we looked for a marina south where we could leave the boat, we …
10/19-23/2015 Summary: This was a short trip to the boat to check out the new enclosure, figure out what to do with our unpaintable anchor pulpit, have new batteries installed, plus a few other odd chores. We are extremely satisfied with the new enclosure! The new O’Sea glass is so clear …
10/5-8/2015 Summary: Tom took a short trip to the boat to meet with Steve on the final design of the flybridge enclosure and get some work done on the bow pulpit. Steve had installed the top cover on the new frame and as Tom walked up to the boat (pictured above), …
9/15-22/2015 Summary: Tom headed down to the boat to move it back from the maintenance marina to Sunset Bay Marina and work on the anchor pulpit. However, when he arrived at the boat, he had an email from Steve Schrimsher, the canvas guy, asking him to call about an …
8/27 – 9/8/2015 Summary: Tom flew to the boat to both prep for hurricane Erika and work on building the frame for the new flybridge cover. Even though Erika turned out to be a dud (praise God!), the threat caused a lot of work and a 4-day delay in the …
8/13-18/2015 Summary: For Tom, the process of having a custom-built flybridge enclosure and frame is not just an “Okay, do what you think is right” for the builder. He put a lot of thought into the frame and where it would attach to the boat, the materials and how …
Greetings, and welcome back. Quick note that our last 2 posts were not “posted” correctly the first time, so you may have missed them. If you’re interested, you can read Stuck in Sarasota – Again, and Quick trip to check on power problem. 7/23-8/3/2015 Summary: We arrived on the boat in …
7/5-8/2015 Summary: For several days we had been getting messages from the alarm system on the boat that the batteries were low and the temperature in the boat was high. We called the marina and they found a circuit breaker blown and moved us to a different power source. We still had alerts so on …
6/16 – 29/2015 Summary: We arrived at the boat fully intending to get the window replaced, then move south to Ft. Myers, a 4 or 5 day trip. The window was to be removed on Wednesday and the new one installed on Friday, then we would head south on Saturday. Well…that didn’t …
