One of the last remaining tasks aboard Nine of Cups was to replace the hot water tank. The old one faithfully heated our water for 13 years – which makes it about 130 years old in marine water heater years. During his survey, Cups' soon-to -be-new-owner discovered that the old one had started leaking, and we agreed to replace it. We certainly got our money's worth out of the old one.
Read MoreI wrote a blog a few years ago on eight reasons to keep a maintenance log on a boat. Now that Nine of Cups is for sale, I've thought of a ninth reason
Read MoreWe have replaced almost all the portlights on Nine of Cups over the years. The only ones we hadn't gotten to were the three on the transom. They were crazed to the point that they were almost translucent, and replacing them had been on the to-do list for quite a while. We were recently varnishing the trim in the aft cabin, and noticed that two of the three transom portlights had also begun leaking – nothing serious - but at least a small drip. Now seemed as good a time as any to replace them.
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
