Less than 2 months until our departure date and we are ahead of schedule with our preparation. This is a picture of Shingebiss currently up on blocks at Twin City Marina http://www.twincitymarina.net/. I love this picture because the boat looks so big and regal out of the water. Jeff and his crew at Twin City do a great job, but Captain Steve does the bottom paint and hull buffing. The prop has been tuned up and we should be back in the water and home this week. We are just about max'd out on electronics with a few things left to install. My favorite "gadget" is the new electric anchor windlass that I got for Christmas last year ... isn't that just every woman's dream gift !! Evidently, we are from the "buy the recommended anchor weight and add 10 lbs " school of anchoring. Our new anchor is 45 lb. so should allow us to sleep well at night. Our plan is to spend the majority of our nights at anchor. We are very self contained with our generator, dinghy etc. When we get the boat back to our dock, we will begin loading our stuff and gear aboard and then, I think, this will really begin to feel real. We also have the details of leaving our home for a year to deal with, but those plans are coming together as well.
I've tried to figure out how the blog readers comment on the blog, but so far I've only figured out how those with a gmail account can do it. I would hope those without a gmail account can have a way to comment, so if anyone knows how to do that, please let me know, and i'll put the directions on the blog site.
