Posted in How to Live Afloat, This & That, tagged Colorado, flood, Fort Collins Colorado, Hans Christian, jack stands, sailboat on September 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This about sums it up. We are experiencing surreal flooding here. I checked on Sundown earlier this morning to make sure she’s still securely resting on her jackstands and she is. I’ve battened down the hatches here at home and will keep watch throughout the weekend as the forecast is calling for continued rain.
Posted in Boat Maintenance, Lessons Learned, Taking the Plunge (or Buying a Boat), tagged boat, boat building, Colorado, Facebook, Fort Collins, Fort Collins Colorado, Hans Christian, jack stands, lessons, Paulo Coelho, Rocky Mountain, sailboat, sailing, sushi, United States on July 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Last night we had dinner with two couples who live in Fort Collins, Colorado. While that’s not extraordinary in and of itself given we live in Fort Collins, too, it is VERY extraordinary when you consider that all of us plan to move aboard boats in the near future and set sail to parts unknown. (more…)
Posted in Lessons Learned, Taking the Plunge (or Buying a Boat), tagged adventure, bicycle, boat maintenance, Gary Fisher, Hans Christian, jack stands, lifestyle, Mexican food, money, sailboat on September 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Sailboats often are associated with a life of ease, rest and relaxation, and tasty umbrella drinks, right? Wrong! I’m not finding that to be the case, yet. What I have found is sailboats require making some sacrifices. (more…)
Posted in Lessons Learned, Where in the World is Sundown, tagged Hans Christian, jack stands, leap of faith, lessons, sailboat, snakes, yacht on August 14, 2011| 1 Comment »
Snakes - a danger of boating?
If you haven’t read our blogs from the beginning, then you probably don’t know our beautiful, new-to-us 1982 Hans Christian 33t, Sundown, was hauled from the Great Lake Superior to Fort Collins, Colorado, where she’s up on jack stands in the middle of a prairie dog field. (more…)
Posted in Where in the World is Sundown, tagged boat transport, Hans Christian, jack stands, sailboat, travel, yacht on July 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Sundown arrived in Fort Collins, at about 6:15pm, 7/26/11, on a Brownell trailer hauled by Great Lakes Marine Service and Boat Transport out of Grafton, Wisconsin. Thanks to Jim Burt, the experienced driver and owner of Great Lakes, she arrived safe and sound.
