Life back in the Pacific North West

It has been quite a while since previous posts, I keep telling myself that I am going to work on it.  And I truly hope to.

Sparing everyone the back-story, I will just start with this week.  We are in the middle of purchasing a 42ft Catalina tri-cabin - woohoo!  It is all but finished, just crossing 't's' and dotting 'i's' on the final documentation and on Saturday we will do the official handing over of the keys and can commence transforming it into our new home.

Yes, you heard that right, we are planning on moving back aboard.  Not sure where we are going to have it moored, somewhere in the Puget Sound should hopefully work, not planning on venturing out to the Pacific and beyond just yet.  :-)  

This is a pretty good reflection of what we have been doing so far.  Re-grouping and enjoying our time back as a family while planning for the next adventure.  Putting all the moving pieces back together while building a new picture of how we want our lives to look going forward. 

Purchased a sailboat

After looking at quite a few sailboats we have finally settled on the one that we want to buy.  We ended up getting a Cal 29 with 2 quarter berths on either side.  It has already been being used as a live aboard and has had a few upgrades/changes already completed to have it work out nicely for us.  One of the big changes is that the inboard diesel engine  has been taken out and a gas outboard put on.  Where the engine used to be has been transformed into extra storage space.  There is also a heating system and a real fridge in the boat as well which were two things we have been concerned about.  And it is all ours.

Now we just need to get it were we need it to be.  Moving it via the water will take sailing experience grater then what we have available.  We have been toying with the idea of hiring a captain and having them sail it and teaching us as we go, but it seems like their availability and our availability are not going to line up. So we will probably put it on a trailer and move it over the land to it's new home.

Buying a sailboat

I think tomorrow is the day that we join the ranks of people who own sailboats, not just want one.  We have been looking at a number of them, and I think we finally found one that meets our requirements of having a place for each of the kids and the basic amenities for the family within our price range.  It is very exciting.  Hopefully I will have a post soon with pictures and reporting that it is a done deal.