It’s a well-known saying among boaters that the two happiest days are when you buy your boat and when you sell your boat. There’s the beginning of a new chapter as you write the check and get the keys. There’s the finality of seeing the entry in your bank account, as the brokerage check clears….
Author: Then Again
Someone’s In The Galley….
In September 2019, we stripped down Then Again to her bare bones. We did not want to leave anything aboard while she was in heated storage for the Winter of 2019-2020 in North Tonawanda, NY, at the western terminus of the Erie Canal. We packed up just about everything and moved it to a self-storage…
Then Again is Home Again
One thing we learned about sailing on America’s Great Loop is that a plan is good, but a schedule is not. Our plan for Winter 2019 and Spring 2020 was to put our boat into heated storage for the winter in North Tonawanda, NY at East Pier Marina, then return in late April/early May of…
Chesapeake Bay Sightseeing
Many people travel the Great Loop as quickly as possible, often in a year or less. Their rationale is that they will use the first trip to check out where they want to spend more time on their subsequent trips. We made the very conscious decision that we would only be doing the Great Loop…
Portsmouth, VA to Baltimore, MD
For those of you who like “just the facts, ma’am,” this blog entry is for you and you can skip the next one. It details our journey from Portsmouth, VA, to Baltimore, MD. For those of you who like “just the sights, ma’am,” you can skip this one and just wait for the next one,…
EveryDay Life: Dirt Home vs Boat Home
People often ask us, “How can you possibly live on a 31-foot boat for extended periods of time?” We decided to set up a new section, titled “EveryDay Life” to record the knowledge and experiences that we have had, after a year living on a 31-foot-long, 10-foot-wide, 3-foot draft Ranger Tug. Disclaimer: A lot of…
Little River, SC to Portsmouth, VA
It’s been just a year since Then Again was hauled out of the Columbia River at Rocky Pointe Marina in Portland, OR, to begin her Great Loop Journey, and just a year since we left our dirt home in Vancouver, WA, to take the I-90 canal to Watergate Marina in Minneapolis/St Paul, MN. This adventure…
New Smyrna Beach, FL to Little River, SC
Ten months? Ten months! Yes, we have been on this journey for over ten months. Some days it seems like a wonderful dream, and some days like a scary nightmare. But, all of life is like that anyway, so we figure we are living like usual, just not in the same place for very long….
Tarpon Springs, FL to New Smyrna Beach, FL
February and March have been very busy months for us, but not in terms of the number of miles we have travelled, nor in the number of ports of call we have visited. We planned to stay for over a month on the west coast of Florida for two main reasons: Southwest Florida Ranger/Cutwater Rendezvous…
Demopolis, AL to Tarpon Springs, FL
What happens when you are busy boating? You fall behind in blogging! Inquiries were made from some of our “loyal fans” as to our whereabouts and health. So, our whereabouts now are in the St. Petersburg, FL, area, and as far as health, “We’re in pretty good shape for the shape we’re in.” We remained…