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Continue reading →: Jobs are coming out of the woodwork.Seriously, for a fiberglass boat there is a bunch of wood here. It started with ‘Oh we could just oil the teak for now until we decide the real plan.” Sounds easy, stripping the old coating off and sanding then oiling. Well stripping was fun(?). On the water trying not…
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Continue reading →: Splicing and docking and swaging, Oh my!Has it really been 3 weeks since my last post!? Most of my “free” time lately has been spent studying for the CPJE (plus the weather here in PDX has been very UNspringlike) but I have spent a little time on the boat. Last weekend we motored the boat (mast…
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Continue reading →: Bet you can’t guess what I have in the trunk of my car!Warning: do not read this post while eating. Today was very productive, though not very pleasant. We are planning to install an airhead composting toilet so we pulled out the head, the holding tank, and all of the associated plumbing. The head was actually pretty easy to remove, just 4…
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Continue reading →: Back in the water at lastThe bottom paint is finally done and ‘Imi Loa is in the water! I haven’t written about our boat buying/transporting experience yet but it was quite a process. It seems like forever since we bought her and today she finally feels like ours. Now we go to work! There is…
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Continue reading →: Topside PaintOur boat came from the factory a nice dark green, at some point it was painted with a similar green color (fiberglass boats don’t usually come from the factory painted, the hull color is due to the color of the gelcoat – the first layer applied in the mold). The…
Welcome!
We are Devon & Rowan and this site is about our life aboard our sailboat, how we got here, and where we hope to go in the future…
We started our boating life in the Portland Oregon area with an Ericson Independence 31 before moving to the SF Bay area. In 2013 we purchased and moved aboard Casita, our Hans Christian 33. In October 2024 we finally cast off the dock lines and headed south. We are currently cruising Mexico with plans to do a Pacific crossing.
We aren’t retired and we aren’t wealthy so we will cruise until we run low on funds or low on fun and then look at our options. Please join us for this next phase of our adventures together.
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