We were just a few hours out from Charleston Harbor, according to the chartplotter we were going to arrive around 9 or 10pm, almost exactly on schedule. Then the sky started to get unnaturally dark. We just had to make it through one more storm…but this wasn’t like the little rain showers we’d been through earlier. This storm kicked our asses in the worst way.
Just as the last vestiges of land dropped below the horizon, night fell. There were a few clouds, no moon, and a million stars.
We got some shocking news when our delivery captain moved up our delivery time table. We thought we still had another week, but when the captain said it was time to go, we hopped in a rental car and drove down to Ft Lauderdale!
The boat needs to be out of the slip by the 15th, we still don’t have a weather window for delivery, and the list of available captains is dwindling. We’re running out of time to get this settled – we keep running into issues that can be solved by either time or money, and since we’re both working full time our only option is money. Finally we opted to pay for an extra week of dockage, since it looks like…
Well, neither of us managed to call each other’s bluff in time. We’re officially boat owners. Now what?
This is the tale of how WE BOUGHT A BOAT! And every penny we spent on it. Want to hear what our boat cost us? Read on!
This is the tale of how we went for a boat ride, and it changed everything.
This is the tale of how one silly little problem might turn out to be a deal-breaker for our dream boat.
This is the tale of how we put in an offer on our dream boat…and then everything went to shit.
Our first day of looking at catamarans was terrible. After looking at a couple boats that we could barely afford, and trying really hard to see the good in them (but really hating everything about them), I was looking at extreme options