It’s easy to run a dust cloth along each louver quickly and make them look somewhat acceptable when company’s’ coming, but in actuality, after awhile all the grease, dust and schmutz of just living aboard eventually builds up especially in the corners and it’s gross. Thorough cleaning is tedious and time-intensive and includes Q-tips and patience. I have Q-tips …
Read MoreWe've been working hard on Nine of Cups for the past week or more and quite honestly, we're just not used to this intense a work schedule. We're feeling under the gun to get Cups shipshape and move her to Florida.
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.
