Financial success assured???

Thanks, babe, for the vote of confidence on the results of my varous financial endeavors. You're being very gracious! ha ha

In any case, it will be an adventure - - -- and a good excuse for road trip.

This old boat also has a Roller Furler for the headsail, so we're also hoping we can grab that and move it over to our "real" boat too. So, if it all works out right, we'll have that improvement as a BONUS!

Stay tuned.mark

In search of a trailer

We bought New Girl recently and she is dry docked at the marina. We would love to be able to bring her home and start working on her daily in our driveway but that just isn't possible. We bought her without a trailer. So, naturally, we are in search of a trailer for her. We have been looking everywhere for one. Mark has even entertained the idea of building one. We have looked at the idea, as well, to purchase another crappy boat and just keep the trailer. The thought had never crossed my mind though in this whole search that we would now be the proud owners of not one but now two sailboats! What? Yes, her name is Slo Goin. We are driving from as north as you can get in Montana down to Fresno, CA to pick up our new boat. Now you would think that we must have found it with a cool trailer. Well that is not the fact. The trailer that it is on shouldn't even be used to haul this boat. Weight capacity that is allowed is less than what is actually there between the boat and trailer.. But, it was a good looking boat and it was one hell of a great price. So, we are fixing her up to sell her. We are looking to make money off of the deal so that when we do buy/build our new trailer, it will be practically free.

Mark definitely thinks differently than most people and is usually very successful in these endeavors so I am going along for the ride, both figuratively and litterally. Hee hee! We will be going the weekend of April 20th. Now mind you this boat is sight unseen, besides the pictures that we received, so we could be in for a big surprise. We are hoping for the best!

I will keep you posted to what we find when we get there and haul her back to Montana!

Bahamian Conch Salad

Bahamian Conch Salad

Ingredients

8 oz conch

10 tbsp fresh lime juice

5 tbsp fresh orange juice

1 ripe tomato, diced

1/4 cup diced onion1 cucumber peeled, seeded and diced

1/2 cup bell peppers (any color), diced

3 hot peppers (or jalapeno peppers), minced

Salt and pepper to taste

DirectionsWash conch with a mixture of lemon, salt and water. Clean the conch, remove slime, and cut into small cubes.Place in mixing bowl with remaining ingredients.Cover and let the conch and vegetables marinate in refrigerator for 15 minutes. Mix and serve.

Number of Servings: 1

Note: If this is like ceviche, I would suggest marinating the conch in the lime for about 4 hours so that it has time to "cook" the conch, then add the remaining ingredients.

She's all ours!

Yep, she's a beauty alright! After a couple of years searching we finally found the girl that was right for us. She is a 1972 Catalina 27'. She has a fixed full keel and a large enough cabin to sleep 6. We found her here in our own backyard, Dayton docks. She doesn't come with a trailer so the search is still on for that, but I feel that is okay. It gives Mark something to do in the interim. Like buying a new car, you just want to go out and test drive her. She is dry docked right now at Dayton, until spring, when Flathead lake is given a drink of water.

The dream!

The dream is to have a sailboat of our own. We would like to trailer it to Florida from our hometown of Kalispell, MT and put her in the water. From there we will set sail to the Bahamas going at our own pace. The idea is to take 1 1/2 months (which has now changed to 2 months) and just cruise, explore, fish, tan, meet the Bahamian people, and eat some of their fantastic seafood. Mark is already certified for scuba diving. I will still need to do that before we leave!