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So… This boat probably needs new sails, a bottom job, new rigging (standing and running) and we’re still not sure about the engine… Sounds like the perfect boat to make a offer on…  Putting things a little more in perspective, the average sale price around the world of this year of this boat is $119,000. Read More

Had the “Pier Pressure” boat inspected (Drive-by)  by a highly respected and reputable marine surveyor (Recommended by John Neal), and his first words were… “the 393 would certainly work for you” Yo, baby! I’m excited! SERIOUSLY EXCITED! Here’s” the details  from the surveyor’s e-mail…. “I went by and looked at the Beneteau today in Stuart  Read More

LOTS AND LOTS of work has been done on the house. Did a complete cleaning, filter & cover replacement on the hot tub, it’s back up and running at full speed. Lots more painting has been done, especially on the outside trim.  House appraised at the asking price, so that should have been the last Read More

First people we showed it to wanted to buy it. Never even had to put a for sale sign on it, got more than I thought we’d get. Now we’ve got to paint a bunch of trim, new spa filter & cover, fix a couple of deck boards… But mostly… CLEAR OUT THE GARAGE! This Read More

Put a “make me move” price on the house, someone contacted me and we’ll be showing it tomorrow night. Carpets got cleaned yesterday, going to do some touch-up painting inside and outside tonight and trim a couple of bushes. May fill the hot tub back up, not sure whether to do that before I get Read More

All the bedrooms are done, bathrooms done, should have living room & kitchen done this weekend. There’s a garage sale this weekend so we’ll be selling some stuff there. Still have to do some painting, get the carpets cleaned, replace the hot tub cover & clean it. Also looks like we’ve got some trim that Read More

We’ve now moved into the Riggs house as part of our adventure. Now to get serious about cleaning out the house. Many any thanks to John, Mari and the girls for allowing us to infringe on their privacy and space. Hard to get used to the new digs. We really liked our house, wish there was Read More

It was great seeing family and friends up in Bend. Especially happy to see Annie who’s graduating high school, we’re very proud of her. Many thanks to John & Mari for carrying a load of stuff in their truck on the way up there, and to John for helping organize the shed. We’ve got more space Read More

We’ve pulled out all of our sailing stuff and we’re sorting things into 3 categories… Goes on the flight, goes in a later shipment, and goes into storage in Oregon. We’ve gotten through books so far, I’ve cut the spines off of a couple of them and scanned them, but some of them you might Read More