Our first guests
We had our first guests on Wonderstruck. We were surprised and excited when our friends Roxanne and Deb told us they wanted to come up to Georgia and help us get moved in. Armed with a teakettle, a cribbage board, scopolamine patches, and a great sense of humor, they took…
Cold but Beautiful
The weather in Brunswick has been cold. Getting down into the 30s, 40s at night. There is no heat on the boat. In fact, we don’t even have curtains, they are being redone in St Augustine. And there is no hot water, so brushing your teeth or washing your hands…
Moving In
Can you tell that Kim once loaded trucks for UPS? We’ve now made several trips up to the boat. to organize and clean out the boat. The prior owner was gracious enough to leave all of his supplies and tools, Now we just need to categorize and organize them all.…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle–or NOT
So let me tell you about a little about this boat. It is 15 years old, and overall has been well cared for, well maintained, well loved. But it came with the ORIGINAL mattresses. Yep, 15 year old mattresses. 15 years of water, sweat, mildew, body excrement, well….you get the…
WonderSTUCK
The boat was delivered to Brunswick Landing Marina and arrived November 22nd. We decided on a lark to drive up, all four of us, and settle the boat in. The kids hadn’t seen it yet, and I had 50 hours off between shifts, plenty of time to fit in a…
The Plunge
October 31st, 2014 was a big day for me. It was the day we closed on our boat. It also was, coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally, exactly 120 days before March 1st. My job requires 120 notice, and Kim and I had set a March 2015 launch date. So…
Our boat name
One of the first steps we had to make in the process of buying our boat was selecting a boat name. For months we had a piece of paper on the refrigerator for family members to add potential boat names. Some were funny, some were inspirational, each had their own…
How it all started
It all started way back when, when Kim and I first got married. I knew before I married her she had been a sailor for many years. Now, I love the water, I just wish it didn’t move so much. So as part of that initial partnership negotiation it included–no sailing. We…