The Sailing Shipleys

Boat Delivery Part 2: Fort Myers to Niceville

At the end of our post Boat Delivery Part 1: Jacksonville to Fort Myers, we had left Kismet on a mooring ball at Ft. Myers City Yacht Basin. Now, over 4th of July weekend we had to finish the final leg. The end was in sight – a quick 350 NM hop from Ft. Myers…

thesailingshipleys

July 20, 2022

Sailing, Uncategorized

boat delivery, Boat projects, cruising, Destin, East Pass, Fort Myers, gulf of mexico, sabbatical, sailboat, Sailing, towboat

Our New Boat

How we chose our 1982 Pacific Seacraft 37. It was the spring of 2021 when Jimmy and I decided we needed to start searching for a new sailboat. After a few discussions about our long and short term goals – from the next step in our careers to starting a family – we agreed to…

thesailingshipleys

July 20, 2022

boat buying, Sailing

bluewater, boat buying, crealock, cruising, pacific seacraft, sabbatical, sailboat, Sailing

Boat Delivery Part 1: Jacksonville to Fort Myers

We had gone to bed Saturday night, intending to wake up and start motoring out of the St. Johns river by 0830 to complete a supposedly 3 hour trip IF you had the current with you. Our new friends from Sailing for the Son helped us cast off our dock lines and away we went.…

thesailingshipleys

July 19, 2022

Sailing, Uncategorized

Fort Myers