May 10, 2018
Bringing Our New Boat Across The Okeechobee
From Pompano to Fort Myers Beach, we made it across the OWW!
February 16, 2018
We Just Sold Our Boat!
We closed the sale on our first boat the Wiffersnapper. Selling your boat/home is so bittersweet!
September 6, 2017
Summertime Family Visits
Finally! They visit us in Florida! Two family visits in one month, amidst the wedding planning madness.
July 7, 2017
Jet Ski Camping Trip
Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start of Summer, and a time for locals to enjoy the beaches with fewer tourists. This year, we planned to join the masses of boaters that swarm Keewaydin Island, a popular beach only accessible by boat. So popular, in fact, that on holiday weekends there isn’t enough space on […]
April 18, 2017
Captain Training – Take Two
As you may recall, the trip from Marinatown to Snook Bight was supposed to serve as our official Captain training session. However, when the one engine overheated after 5-minutes of leaving the dock, Captain Russell ended up handling the boat the entire trip. So, we asked him to come back out for take two of […]
March 30, 2017
Boat Naming Ceremony
When we purchased the boat, it had no name or hailing port associated with it. After some online digging and record locating, we found that it was last named “Ben’s Play Pen,” out of St. Charles, Missouri. We were able to get in touch with a couple of the previous owners, who were very helpful […]
February 27, 2017
Welcome Aboard Cats!
After moving the boat, thanking our Captains and saying goodbye to our former marina, it was back to our townhouse to grab our final remaining items and hand over the keys! Just a few overnight bags, a bunch of hanging clothes, and the kitty cats were left to move aboard. It was time for the […]
February 18, 2017
Trading Marinas
It was time to prepare the dock lines. We had already radioed to the marina, and they were aware that we only had one engine. The dock master had his tow boat ready for us, and all hands on deck at our slip. We needed to get the boat stern in (backed into our slip), […]
February 2, 2017
Maiden Voyage
The morning came, and we were right in gear with everything we needed. We stopped by Dunkin Donuts to provide breakfast for the 2 Captains we were having on board. One was (retired) Captain Mike, a raunchy USMC Vietnam Vet who knew more about our boat than the guy we bought it from. He lived at Marinatown, […]
January 28, 2017
The Night Before The Move
It was the night before we were set to move the boat to our new marina at Snook Bight in Fort Myers Beach, Fl. We were restless and anxious because we were finally going to live aboard the boat that had consumed our lives for the last 5 months. Furthermore, we were giving up suburban […]