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Ready, Set, Go!
After our summer of sailing around Lake Michigan we had a much better idea about what work needed to be done on the boat. We knew from the beginning that we needed to have the bottom repainted in a paint that was good for saltwater, and that we needed to do some work on the…
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Summer of Sailing Lake Michigan
Once Sail la Vie was behaving like a regular sailboat, we decided to take her on a shakedown cruise of lake Michigan before getting her ready for the 1300 mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. Our plan was to head north from Racine, Wisconsin to Green Bay, cross the top of the lake, and…
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Turning a Floating Condo Back into a Sailboat: Part 2
When we bought the boat we knew that the exhaust hose needed to be replaced and the UV strips on both sails needed repairs. We also knew that there was a small leak wh it poured rain that needed fixing, and that one of the vacuum heads had a small issue. Otherwise, everything else was…
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Turning a Floating Condo Back into a Sailboat: Part 1
Originally my husband Douglas and I were searching for a boat in a warm location that would allow us to live there for a year while we figured out our long term plans. With the help of our broker, Lee Payne, from McNally Yachts, we looked at boats along the Eastern Seaboard. We became certain…