Last Updated on September 28, 2020 by Amy Departing the Boat Works was only the second time EVER that one of us moved the boat without the other. I was still at the WWSA Gathering on the Bay. David invited our friends Mark and Susan to join him while launching the boat and motoring back…
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Last Updated on September 5, 2019 by Amy The anti-disclaimer: we didn’t get compensation in any way from The Boat Works. BUT, we did meet and talk to the owners and a lot of the key staff. We walked through the entire facility. We used a ton of amenities. Basically, we just think The Boat…
Last Updated on March 8, 2021 by Amy I’ve been incredibly lucky to have been sailing since I was little. Although I didn’t get really into it until David did, I grew up having a family that supported me, like my mom, my stepdad, my dad, and my uncle. I was never short of opportunities to…
Last Updated on October 27, 2020 by Amy After our time in Lake Macquarie, David and I looked at the weather. We needed to be at The Boat Works by Feb 19th for our big boat project, and the winds were blowing the wrong direction – north – for us to get there. However, coming…
Last Updated on February 13, 2021 by Amy While at The Boat Works, David and I had a long list of projects to tackle. One of my big ones was replacing our lifelines with fancy new Dyneema lifelines. What is a lifeline? Lifelines are wires or lines that run around the edges of your deck. …
Last Updated on April 1, 2021 by Amy Starry Horizons is over three years old, and that meant our liferaft, a VIKING RescYou™ liferaft, 6 person model, was due for a liferaft servicing. Getting your liferaft serviced is fascinating. We got to watch Graham from MarineSafe pop open our liferaft. He inflated it using the shop’s…