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We have been putting off the project of cleaning the rails where the side curtains are hung. These side curtains on the Upper Helm are a great wind block and are good for a little privacy when sitting out in the evenings or afternoons. We took the curtains into the shop to have then seams […]

We traveled about 2 1/2 hours by car to visit some boating friends in Southport, NC. Southport is tucked away just below Wilmington and the mouth of the Cape Fear River and just 45 minutes or so above the South Carolina state line. Several movies have been filmed in Southport. ”Crimes of the Heart”, starring Diane […]

We took the Mini Cooper to Raleigh, NC to have a check up after driving from Texas to Mississippi, through Indiana and then here to New Bern, NC it was needed. Peanut’s check-up was great, and we got to enjoy the Capitol of NC for an evening. We walked downtown Raleigh and ate at the […]

As you can see in the previous posts we have been working hard to get Pale Moon put back into the water. After being away for 9 months due to a family illness we were glad to get aboard and access the damages done due to being gone. We put Pale Moon back into the […]

Pale Moon had been on the hard for nine months. It has taken us two weeks of working on her inside and out to get her ready to be put back into the water. Two of the more important tasks that have been accomplished are that her bottom was painted with anti-foul paint and the […]

Putting in a new head in the forward berth takes time, patience and being able to squeeze a body into small spaces. Ron took the old head out and apart and we decided to re-place the old head with a new one because the part for the old head was almost as much as the […]

One of the things we wanted to get done while Pale Moon was out of the water was to wax and buff the hull, sides and stern. This project is much easier to accomplish with her out of the water. If we waited to wax and buff when she was in the water we would […]

Well we have arrived in New Bern, NC. Last Tuesday we checked into the KOA where we are staying while we get the inside of Pale Moon cleaned, we are painting the decks with Kiwi Grip, heads replaced or re-plumbed, and the bottom painted with anti foul paint. While Pale Moon is out of the water […]

On the way to New Bern we drove the more southern route so that we would not run into weather in the Okla. City area. From our land base home Hale Center, Texas we drove through the Dallas area, through Shreveport, La. Driving through the big state of Texas is a full days drive. Sometimes […]

I have had my bags packed for a week now, this is so not like me. I usually have an idea in my head of what I want to pack for a trip and pack the night before or the morning of the trip. To say I am ready to get back and start to […]