Good morning!! A humid Florida day to you all!
We stepped out in the evening to find this double rainbow!! Just too pretty not to share!!
Fireworks on the Fourth here in Sarasota. We have our chairs ready to set out at the dock and enjoy the view. Are you ready?
Bam!! The sound of another price drop!! Doesn’t this sound “motivated”? We are! We have reduced the price on Always Home again.
1988 47’ DeFever Performance Offshore Cruiser – ALWAYS HOME – Reduced Price!! – US $139,000 – Family says it is time to get back to land. They want us homeward bound. We have reduced the price to make their wishes come true.
A 47′ DeFever with a large enclosed sundeck and huge flybridge and galley up layout. Always Home is a well equipped, very comfortable liveaboard yacht and this one is turn-key. http://www.curtisstokes.net/trawer-for-sale-defever47-always-home.html
Good Morning all you cruisers, dreamers, and liveaboards!!
It has been over a year since we put Always Home up for sale. What have we done during this time? The normal everyday living. Chores. Errands. Watching the world around us.
Buildings getting taller: There has been a sign out for the last 9 months with the same tag line: Only 3 condos left to buy. I wonder if it is the same 3 condos?! They poured a floor each month. Now to the more tasking projects of filling the insides with plumbing, electrical, and whatnot. We don’t get to see much of that.
We watched buildings get built: So the building on your left has topped out. There is a hotel being building behind the middle glassy building. Cinder block construction! We have watched the floors being filled in. Sarasota is growing taller and taller!
Sarasota has a Boat Show every spring. This little one was quite interesting. 5 motors?! Who needs that kind of power? For fishing? No price tag. If you have to ask, you can’t afford it! Right?
The local wild life:
Our shy Night Heron. And his pals on boat lines waiting for small fish / minnows to drift by.
Guests waiting for breakfast at the Marina’s restaurant:
Cat Fish cruising the docks?
Visiting Osprey
I am often afraid to look up at the osprey sitting so gloriously on the top of the masts.
Splat on the dock!! Don’t look up!
Although, there is a kind of symmetry about this splat. I bet if I submitted this as a piece of art I could win!
We are often easily amused by shiny stuff:
Thus, our year waiting for our boat to sell has been filled with exciting times (storms) and great looking sunsets.
We have reduced the price on Always Home again.
1988 47’ DeFever Performance Offshore Cruiser – ALWAYS HOME – Reduced Price!! – US $149,500 – Family says it is time to get back to land. They want us homeward bound. We have reduced the price to make their wishes come true.
A 47′ DeFever with a large enclosed sundeck and huge flybridge and galley up layout. Always Home is a well equipped, very comfortable liveaboard yacht and this one is turn-key. http://www.curtisstokes.net/trawer-for-sale-defever47-always-home.html
And I am considering a tattoo.
Good morning!!
Many blogs are written in first person. Mine as well. In order to catch up with what we did, how we started cruising, and how we did the Loop, you need to go to the beginning.
On the right side of this blog are “Archives” with Month and Year indicated. We bought Always Home in June 2014. Moved aboard Always Home in August 2014. We started our Loop in Dec 2014 when we left Sarasota and cruised to the east Florida coastline. In late April, we started our Loop in earnest. Cruising the Loop daily, weather permitting.
The most recent posts are all about our transition from boaters to “After the Loop”. We have put our Always Home up for sale to continue our adventure on Land.
UPDATE (March 20, 2017): We have reduced the price on Always Home to $155,000. Click on the links below for more detail. Always Home would not only make a great Looper boat, but also a great “Live Full-Time” or “Live-aboard” vessel. Thanks!!
Good morning Loopers!! New Cruisers!
I cannot believe it has been over 6 months from the last post. We are transitioning into a rhythm of staying in one place. As the title indicates we have decided to move back to land. Always Home is for sale:
“ALWAYS HOME” 1988 47’ DeFever Performance Offshore Cruiser (POC)
Price: US$175,000 $159,500 $155,000 This vessel is a Great American Loop Veteran! After completing the Loop in December 2015, we are putting Always Home up for sale. We have listed this vessel with Curtis Stokes & Associates (email: Curtis@CurtisStokes.net or Curtis Stokes and Associates Yachting Consultants or 954-684-0218). A 47′ DeFever with a large enclosed sundeck and huge flybridge and galley up layout. Always Home is a well equipped, very comfortable liveaboard yacht and this one is turn-key. http://www.curtisstokes.net/trawer-for-sale-defever47-always-home.html
If you are interested in a “Full-time Live aboard” this boat has all the comforts you would expect. Lots of room. Lots of space. The fully enclosed sun deck is big enough for our recliners for relaxing and taking our occasional afternoon naps. A perfect place to kick back and raise our legs after a long day on the water. Basically, an extra room on Always Home. Remember, having lots of space is important for two people living together in close quarters. 😉
We have truly enjoyed cruising with her and wish Always Home will find an owner to take her on more grand adventures. She stretched her legs on the Loop and performed admirably. Onward to new waters and new adventures!
If interested in learning more, go to the link supplied above.
Always Home coming out of the Big Chute, Trent Severn Waterway, Canada 7-25-15
Sunset in Sarasota, Florida
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