Andy has been at the marina every day and some days a couple of times. This was a crazy storm. It turned south of us at the last minute and made landfall in Fort Myers just one mph short of a cat 5! We went out to the boat on the 28th (wed) as the…
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Preparing for Hurricane Ian – 9/25
Well today is the day that we have to prepare for the impending hurricane. Based on model reviews, the hurricane has a large swath path however, the greater Tampa Bay appears to be either below it or right in the middle of it. There is just no telling with these things. It’s currently a Cat…
Our 1st Sail & Nancy’s B-day – 9/24
We took Free Spirit out for a first time day sail. A complete video will follow on You Tube as soon as we can catch up on our Boat yard progress. We are a few months behind in video to release. We had some friends come with and spend the day. There is a hurricane…
A Furry Guest – 9/18
Today we brought the smallest of our fur-babies, His Royal Highness, King George! He is a 2 yr old male, Caviler King Charles Spaniel. He is my (Nancy’s) baby. Since he is the smallest of the 3 we have and the easiest to manage, we thought we would introduce him to the boat and check…
Boat Projects to begin… well maybe not – 9/10
It was a late start and by late, I mean like 11:30 am…. Andy was helping a friend all morning so we needed to wait for him to get done before heading over to the boat to start a short day of projects. Mother Nature had another idea…. Huge nasty rain storm for hours… Needless…
Big Plans for the day… No Results… 9/5
So we had big plans for the day… Got to the boat and seriously, it’s a beautiful day so why work? Completely lost all motivation to do anything… Nancy just sat and stared out, watching the boats sail on by.. Andy just can not not do anything… he loves and needs to tinker… so he…
Moving Day – 9/4
How Exciting! Today is the day that we take plunge and move S/V Free Spirit from Cutts Edge Marina in Palmetto, FL to our new homeport in Clearwater, FL. She will now only be 15 minutes from us and I expect that we will be on board with her in the evenings now as we…
Sails are up — 8/31
What a nice surprise today. We received an email with a few photos from the Yacht Rigger. He was able to put up 3 of the 4 sails on today. Wow does Free Spirit look ready to go now! We are hoping to be able to shut off the motor and sail her home once…
Splash Day — 8/26/22
Well the day has finally arrived! Today is the day that we splashed in the water. The engine was finally running and everything looks good. We decided to leave Free Spirit in the water for an extra week rather than trying to take of tomorrow. We needed to ensure there were no leaks or water…
YouTube Channel is now Live!!
Our YouTube Channel is now live and we have posted several videos and have had one live stream event. Join us each Friday as a new video is released to show the progress of Free Spirit. This week was a huge a milestone as we moved from So FL to Palmetto to begin the retrofit…