This is our first year living aboard. The spring was cool but nice, the summer was hot but wonderful, and the fall beautiful but cool, again. Winter is a whole ‘nother matter. Drift Away has three levels. The upper level is the flybridge and sundeck, and right now that’s covered in snow and doesn’t enter […]
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Beginning of the blog of Drift Away, our 1980 46′ Cheoy Lee trawler.
We (Pam and Dave) purchased our boat in April of 2010. Drift Away was pushed by a small runabout from Bridgeport to Westport where it stayed on a private dock for the summer. We named the boat Drift Away because, quite honestly, we didn’t know if the engines would run. The boat sat on the […]
Finally! A warm, sunny Super Sunday!
Its funny. If its July and the temp hits 43 degrees, you’re freezing your butt off. But if its February 6th and you’ve been pummeled by cold and snow for the past two months, its downright balmy. Today was balmy!The day started like a…
Live aboard boat projects
One nice thing about living aboard is having time for boat projects, like fixing the cold draft coming out of the louvers of the exhaust vent in the head in the master stateroom. One nice thing about this solution is that it serves as extra should…
Now its an ice storm!
Cripe, its one thing after another here. This is what I woke up to this morning, a half inch of ice coating everything. The docks looked slippery, but the ramp looked formidable.The big problem, besides not being able to get up the ra…
Record Snow!
Living aboard is one thing if you’re someplace warm with waving palm trees. It’s quite another when one gets hit with snow storm after snow storm. Stamford is just a short distance from New York City. Since weather usually trave…
Ice 1, Chevy the dog 0
We’ve had some cold weather down here in CT. Nothing like upstate NY where I come from, for sure, but 4 degrees is pretty cold. The freezing point of seawater is around 28 degrees, depending on its salinity. We’d been pretty much ice free until yesterd…
Living aboard with pets
I wasn’t sure what was going to happen moving aboard a boat. For Dave and myself it was going to be a challenge in and of itself. Moving aboard with two cats, a dog and a guinea pig, a challenge. We have a 19 year old half Himalayan …
How we came to buy this boat
I’ve been a sailor for 40 years, but I’ve owned a few powerboats as well. But my dream of cutting the dock lines and going cruising has always been on a sailboat.Pam and I moved to Stamford from upstate New York. It’s expensive …
A bit about the boat
A friend suggested that I describe the history of the boat, its design, original equipment and intended use. I think that’s an excellent idea. Today’s entry will be it’s design and construction. The boat is a 1980 Cheoy Lee Long R…
