What have I been up to?

It has been quite a long time since I posted in my Sailing and Such blog. Not sure why, but I think this happens fairly often to a pretty large ammount of people.

In short, my computer crashed due to some adware and I haven't been able to remove it yet. Also, the website Sailing and Such has crashed due to the web host has some major problems and everyone's website under them also crashed. So, I do not have access to the files that are on my "crashed" computer to upload the site to the web.

My South Coast 22 project sailboat isn't coming along very fast due to lack of funds to puchase the needed epoxy and paint needed to finish the boat, as well as a few other things.

The PK 7'8 dinghy is currently undergoing a paint job and a varnish job, I am paint the inside of the boat white and the outer hull a baby blue color. The seat tops and the rubrail as well as a few other trim pieces are being varnished to leave the nice woodgrain look.

The Watkins 29 is still up for sale and the asking price has dropped considerably. I really hope that it sells this spring so that I can get the $300 a month slip rent out of the way as well as the MANY other expensive maintenance cost that come with owning a larger sailboat.

There are other thoughts in the works also that I will share in other posts soon to come.

"Working" online today, and playing.....

Today, it's to cold to work on my South Coast 22 project boat and sadly I couldn't go down to my sailboat in Panama City, Fl which is about an hour and twenty minutes away but oh well.

So today I worked on a new part of my website Sailing and Such, the Sailboat Buyer's Guide that I am slowly working on while I am in the process of selling my Watkins 29 and buying a newer and possibly a bit larger sailboat as soon as the Watkins sells. Its a little slow going but I will have it finished soon.

I worked on my AdSense ads on my website a bit today too. Mainly just blocking ads that were not relevant to my content.

I also looked around for different blogs to follow today and I found a few pretty good ones. One is The Adventures of Tiller,Heron,Margaret and Don which is about a couple who live on their Westsail 32. Another is s/v Pelican - Following A Dream which is about a family of four who are out cruising for two years before their oldest starts highschool. The last one I found was Solitare I, a blog that has been around since '06, a pretty good while. It is about two people who seem to live aboard their sailboat and are out cruising. I hope to find some more interesting blogs to Follow, so if you know of any sailor's blogs let me know!

I am still getting used to "blogging" and I haven't quite figured out if I am going to blog about anything specific or just anything and everything.

Let me know about your blog, I hope you have the Follow gadget too!!!!!!!

My life right now......

Right now, there are a lot of things going on in my life. I have a website, Sailing and Such which I am trying build into a large and successful website, and a site that is helpful to all sailors. Its coming along pretty good I think, I have a decent amount of people coming to my site each and every day and it seems that the number keeps growing. I am proud of my first, 3 month old website.

I also have a project sailboat that I am working on right now. I am not able to do a lot of work at the moment because (1) its cold (hard to fiberglass and paint in the cold) (2) money is tight. Hopefully these obstacles will be overcome soon and I will be able to complete the project boat in time to sell it this Spring or early this Summer, in time for someone to get some good use out of it. You can follow my progress here.

I also have a 1987 Watkins 29 that I am trying to sell in order to move up to a newer and maybe a bit larger sailboat. I am getting a few bites on the boat, but no hard-set buyers yet. My fingers are crossed though!

As for a job, I am currently unemployed but I still do some work hear and there. My parents own a truss manufacturing company where I work whenever they get behind and I am also a pretty good carpenter and I do work from time to time. A dream, is to get my website, Sailing and Such, to make some money and support a cruising life. But like I said, this is a dream. ......It could happen.....