Random Ramblings

Hello everyone!! its been ages since I've posted, I've been meaning to but just never gotten to it. How time flies.  So, Dan & Cassidy spent most of September and part of October on the boat...lucky them! We (the collective clan) didn't get out to the boat this summer...oh I was also told it's not a boat, it's a ship...which technically its a super yacht because of how long it is...it's a gigantically huge sailboat, but that sounds far to pretentious for my crew! Bigger than necessary but 🤷🏼‍♀️ if it makes the guy happy, I'm happy 😆 but also it's awkward to call it a ship so whenever I say boat, just assume I mean ship. 😁⛵ Anywho, as Xavier, John & I flew north for Xavier's senior year of high school (how are they this old already?!), Dan & Cassidy drove cross-country to the boat.  Because I wasn't there we are limited on pictures but there were seals and seagulls (that we don't like because they are messy birds that are very ...

This is the 2nd time I'm typing this post; I was almost done yesterday, just needed 1 picture and it erased the whole thing. I was most displeased. So let's try this again shall we? Welcome aboard!  This is a general layout of the boat. The wheelhouse, complete with a giant steering wheel that isn't actually hooked up to anything yet. 😁 The boat is actually steered by a controller with a few buttons right now. There is a bow thruster that makes the boat go sideways and a propeller and rudder in the back.  This is the front of the boat deck from on top of the wheelhouse We almost have a bathroom. However when ordering off Amazon sizing isn't always correct lol The galley. Working sink. And a diesel fueled cast iron stove. Super cool! Probably won't be using it cuz I'm not that good but 🤷🏼‍♀️ who knows. I have videos of the stove working as a heat source I'll have to post! Dining tables for 20...or for...

So this is the 1st post about the boat. I'll try to regularly keep this up. At the end of June when I get there I'll do a video tour for everyone. It's technically a "super yacht" because it's so long. I haven't seen it in person yet. I've seen pictures and video but Dan, Cassidy & now John have seen it.  It's a work in progress. The structure, masts, engine room & galley are complete. We are going to pull the boat at the end of June to get the hull scraped and painted. We are working on getting a sail plan that matches what we want. Then we have the bathrooms, bedrooms & "entertainment" rooms to do... basically the interior 3 holds are ours to design. With 4 boys/men obviously the plan is to make it look like a pirate ship 🏴‍☠️ 🤷🏼‍♀️ John apparently likes the job of chasing the birds off the boat. Dan had to get the boat pressure washed when he got there because the bird poop was so bad! John also says the rooms are "...