Where are you guys anyway?

We have gotten out of the habit of blogging over the last several months.  A big part of it was that we haven’t really done anything interesting.  While we don’t really claim to be doing anything interesting now, we are going to make an effort to keep our blog up to date.

We are currently living aboard Cindy’s Island in Stuart, Florida.  While we were sailing down to the Dominican Republic, the mooring field here (recently renamed Sunset Bay Marina and Anchorage) was leased to a developer and got a massive face life.  There is now a store, a restaurant and a very nice boater’s lounge with tables and a large screen television with DVD player.  The book exchange and free internet access are better than ever.  The best news is that mooring prices are the same as they were in 2008.

We spent a large chunk of the summer and fall on the road visiting friends and family.  We also decided we needed a land base for breaks between cruises.  To that end, we purchased a small condo in downtown Providence, RI.  We are currently renting it out with the help of a property manager.  In the Spring, we will sail north to Providence and renovate our condo.  It is in a relatively secure building, so we feel comfortable leaving it for long periods of time (like the cold New England winters, brrrr!).  It is also close enough to universities, Rhode Island state government, hospitals, etc. that we should not have a problem renting it out again when we do a long cruise.

We have also joined the Edgewood Yacht Club in Cranston, RI.  They have a nice mooring field, a historic club building and tons of great people.  It will be great to be a part of the Narragansett sailing scene.

For the rest of the winter, we plan to finish up some boat projects.  It seems like we are always working on boat projects, but the reality is we don’t work on them enough and that is why we are always so far behind.

Cindy and Gray

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