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The “Main” Event

January 4, 2013 by Chris

Christmas is indeed over but our gift giving just occurred. If you’ve been following along for any reasonable period of time, you’ve heard me mention, reference, lament or whine about our mainsail and the lack of one. See: what-i-know if you’re not up to speed with how we lost our sail in a storm. Then, you can read the many, many posts about the cruising kitty and… the lack of one. Now you’re up to speed. The great thing? We’ve made major progress on both fronts. The cruising kitty is alive and no longer on life support (for a while at least) and yesterday, I finally got to order our new, custom new main. We’ll post more once it’s done – it will be nice to have some actual sailing photos again!
Meet "Cruise", our cruising kitty-bank made by our dear friend Cheryl
Meet “Cruise”, our cruising kitty-bank made by our dear friend Cheryl. She’s finally getting fatter! (the bank, not Cheryl)

Left: Our friend Ron going up for some sail measurements. Right: Flaking one of our headsails after inspecting
Left: Our friend Ron going up for some sail measurements. Right: Flaking one of our headsails after inspecting.
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  1. Pawsitively Humane says

    April 8, 2013 at 11:30 pm

    Love your blog! Came across by accident. Do you live part of the year in Ft. Lauderdale? I’m in downtown Miami. We love kitties and dogs!

    Happy Sails.

    • Melody says

      April 8, 2013 at 11:36 pm

      Thank you! We’ve been living and traveling around on our sailboat only since last May, and this winter was our first time here to Ft. Lauderdale (at least by boat). We love it! We have our furry kid on here with us – a 50 lb Dutch Shepherd who we rescued so we love and believe in what you’re doing. Cheers!!

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ABOUT US

CHRIS: Singer/Songwriter and author from Philly, (and also the author of this blog), transplanted to Nashville, took a break from the music biz and somehow convinced his girlfriend (now wife) to live on a boat and began writing books. You can check out his music on iTunes or his books on Amazon.

MELODY: Thought her husband was crazy for wanting to live on a boat, but never one to shy away from an adventure, decided to play along and fell in love with cruising. She blogs about how to make money while cruising at Saving to Sail and helps solopreneurs build 6-figure digital product businesses at Soloprenista.

JET: Dutch Shepherd rescue who traveled more miles in his 14 years than most people do in a lifetime. Refuses to vacuum his own hair and instead insists on shrimp tails and belly rubs. (Update: Jet crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Sunday, May 23, 2021 but will always be our favorite crew member and is dearly missed.)

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