February 14, 2020 Happy Valentine's Day! This past week we made it back to Florida, and settled back into life on SV Wild. I wrapped up my work project, Eric's dad visited us and gifted us with lots of fruit, and we made friends with the family on Wakataitea. We had a delicious dinner and …
Author: Nicole Reese
A month off SV Wild
January 20, 2020 This past week we put the boat to bed for a little while . And got ourselves ready for a whirlwind of a few weeks. After hitching a ride to shore, we jumped in the rental car, hopped on a plane, flew to Maryland, and spent the evening with my folks. The …
Enjoying the Florida weather
December 29, 2019 A short jaunt south took us to Saint Augustine, where Eric pulled a crazy Ivan to negotiate the ripping current and get us near the dock. The extra hands of our crew really helped in this tense situation to get us safely secured for the night. Saint Augustine is all lit up …
Sailing on Christmas
December 22, 2019 Due to heavy fog this morning we had to wait before entering the Alligator-Pungo canal as the tug and barge ahead of us sat until the fog lifted. We certainly did not want to get in their way. After lunch we decided instead of maintaining our current heading, we would flip a …
Arriving and Leaving Virginia
December 15, 2019 Our friends have arrived! And they brought me chocolate! Unfortunately our welcome party was to continue putting the boat back together - welcome to the boat yard. December 15, 2019 We're doing the final projects before we can put the boat back in the water, soon! December 16, 2019 Up to …
One massive project done, many small projects to go…
December 4, 2019 I made time to do a little painting on a discarded oyster shell I scavenged in the boat yard - Eric thought a creature was hoarding shells under our boat, that was me. Mark and Eric completed the final layer of fiberglass on our boat! Almost done! December 6, 2019 And …
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Thanksgiving 2019
November 23, 2019 Another layer of fiberglass! The front of our boat is going to be the strongest part once we're done. Eric's dad brought our new-to-us oven which we test fitted into its space. Progress. Is. Slow. But. It. Is. Happening. November 27, 2019 Eric has used foam to reconstruct the stringers that …
Foam and Fiberglass
November 11, 2019 Today was a big day. Today we filled the hole. Even though Eric came down with the crud that has been kicking my butt the past three weeks, we’ve pushed ahead. We woke up at six am to cut foam and fiberglass. We suited up, Mark mixed up the schmu, and we …
Judgement and Experience
We've made slow but steady progress at the boat yard. At least with shore power we’ve got electric heaters running at night to keep us warm. I continue my attempts of boosting boat yard morale by sharing tasty home cooked meals. We even helped our friends on Dulcinea paint the bottom of their boat with …
Just a flesh wound
Oct 29, 2019 So I've been sick for the past two weeks. Here's a quick run down of the struggles we've faced at the boat yard, and the immense gratitude we have for the folks we've met here: After waiting out a pelting rainstorm, we got to work on the boat - scraping barnacles off …
Ripples and Leaves 