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Delivery Captain Sails From Tampa To Orange Beach
LAUGHALOT arrived today in her new home in Alabama. Captain Bill and Captain Vicki sailed her up from her port in New Port Richey, Florida to a port here in Alabama where she will be much closer to us. We went down to meet with the Captains and give them a lift to the airport…
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Bought a Morgan Out Island 33 Sailboat Called LAUGHALOT
There is a lot in a name. We found this boat about three weeks ago and it was exactly the make, model and condition we were looking for. The only problem was we had to wait two weeks to get free to go down to Florida to see her. Luckily, we put a contract on…
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Catalina 22 Restoration Project Moves To New Owner
Our work on the clean-up of the Catalina 22 is finished. We worked hard to get her clean and fixed up enough to sell and now she has gone to a new home in Georgia. She is going to have her renovation completed there by her new owner. Hopefully we will get pictures of her…
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Cleaning Catalina Sailboat Sails with Mold and Algae
The power of water propelled at high velocity is truly amazing. This past weekend we purchased a power washer so that we would be able to continue our clean up of the boat here at home where we left off at the car wash. The results were astonishing. The boat is so much prettier than…
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The Catalina 22 Restoration and Clean Up Begins
Yesterday’s pleasant weather allowed us to work on the boat. We removed the mast, cleaned the interior, and discovered the broken cable and wench issue with the keel. Future projects include replacing hatch boards and reupholstering old cushions. Visit our site for updates and share your thoughts!
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How To De-Mast a Catalina 22 Sailboat for Towing?
We went to pull the boat out of the lake that had been it’s home for 12+ years on the 29th of November 2006. There are several things we learned that day, as you will see. When we arrived at the lake we made an assessment of the boat and briefly discussed the logistics of…
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Sailboat Trailer Restoration, Before
We picked up the trailer on 9-24-2006 and began working on the restoration. The seller drew us a comical map of where it was located and we are confident that we picked up the correct one. The trailer wasn’t too bad off. Like the boat, it just needed some cleaning, sanding, and repainting. We decided…
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Our Wonderful Time with the Trisonic Speed Boat
This was one of our most favorite (family) boats. It has a long history in our family, and it was a little heartbreaking to have to finally sell the Trisonic, but our time with it had ended as we were preparing to leave North Carolina and head to Texas and then Colorado.
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Trisonic Ski Boat in Chocowinity Campground
This post comes after we have reduced our vehicle fleet to just the bus and a Ford F150 that we purchased in North Carolina. We decided to take a bit of a break from traveling to the cross country shows when our internet business was going well and gas prices were skyrocketing. Our break time…
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