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Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day

The sun is up, the sky is blue
It’s beautiful and so are you

The sea is waiting Dear Prudence

In search of a boat…

In the last post, I did a basic "catch up" of the few months post-lockdown and how we find ourselves in Port Townsend, Washington at the end of 2020 and most of 2021. In January of 2021, David starts school at the Port Townsend School of Woodworking. March 2021 begins...

What a Difference a Pandemic Makes

For everyone on this planet that is aware of the word "Covid", the years 2020 and most of 2021 have been life-altering. Just a quick rundown of what's happened since the last post that was on this site: Sunday, March 8, 2020 - David and I purchase a Columbia 5.5 so we...

Hello Dear!

Meet our new (to us) but barely used Fatty Knees dinghy, "Dear". She kind of fell into our laps. We had a nutshell pram that I didn't particularly care for as a dinghy - it felt unstable, didn't have a motor mount, the dog didn't like it, and it needed a centerboard...

Welcome

We bought Prudence, our 1986 Sabre 36 CB, in December 2017. I've been remiss in putting up a blog, though it's been on my mind a lot. I wanted to be open about what we were spending, upgrading, and our future plans for our boat, but I never did get around to putting...