dory36
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Old-timers might recall that I retired a little over a year ago, and moved aboard my boat for my initial retirement years cruising up and down the east coast.
We made and changed destination plans about weekly (a benefit to retired life!), but spent most of the past year at the 70 degrees Fahrenheit line. That took us to southern Florida mid-December through mid-January, and the north and central portions of the east coast of Florida until early April. Then we meandered north until we reached Oriental, NC on May 1st, a year after I retired and moved aboard.
We decided this was a great place to stop and do some paint and varnish work that we'd never found time to do in the past year. (Amazing how busy you are when you have nothing to do!)
We met hundreds of early retired boaters doing the same thing, and spent a good bit of time with many of them.
It was a great year, and we look forward to retracing our steps, and breaking new ground, err, water in the fall, after we attend our son's wedding in Dallas.
I'll post more details for those interested.
Dory36, resurfacing after a year afloat
We made and changed destination plans about weekly (a benefit to retired life!), but spent most of the past year at the 70 degrees Fahrenheit line. That took us to southern Florida mid-December through mid-January, and the north and central portions of the east coast of Florida until early April. Then we meandered north until we reached Oriental, NC on May 1st, a year after I retired and moved aboard.
We decided this was a great place to stop and do some paint and varnish work that we'd never found time to do in the past year. (Amazing how busy you are when you have nothing to do!)
We met hundreds of early retired boaters doing the same thing, and spent a good bit of time with many of them.
It was a great year, and we look forward to retracing our steps, and breaking new ground, err, water in the fall, after we attend our son's wedding in Dallas.
I'll post more details for those interested.
Dory36, resurfacing after a year afloat