Bandit is a 26' sailboat that I bought a few months ago with my family. She is a work in progress - we bought her for $50.00 and is currently sitting in my parents driveway on a trailer undergoing a lot of renovations. Since we bought her we have pretty much gutted her interior, electrical, and started over. The previous owner had used her as a floating storage unit and had old food, garbage, you name it packed inside for a few years.

Our goal for her is to turn her into a fun little pocket cruiser that my family can fly down and use in the Keys / Miami area to gain more sailing experience and one that I can use on my days off to store my "toys" (kayaks, bikes, paddleboard, etc.) in.  She is also my experimental boat, as an interior designer there are so many possibilities I can see a boat as having if you were to live aboard her....this little boat is hopefully going to have many of them so I can see what works onboard, and what doesn't before I ruin a larger boat down the line ;)

Aka...what have we been up to?

Lately Derrek and I have been living the life on our recent, much enjoyed days off!!
Sleeping in (feels awesome waking up and making coffee around 9am/10am), doing projects til past noon, then going ashore (shopping, laundry, internet, running, rollerblading, you name it! til late).

We also love to cook, and try new foods on our days off. Yesterday for dinner, Derrek found a new Buffalo wing sauce which we marinated over chicken breasts. Its not quite charter ready - still a little too hot for our tastes (and those who know us know we love our hot sauces!).But here is the link to the recipe we found: http://www.myrecipes.com/m/recipe/buffalo-chicken-50400000109609/

Picture taken a while back on our way back to the big boat, from the dinghy.

There is never a dull moment when you live on a boat! ....for us, its a week or two of charters, then a few days of boat maintenance to get us ready for our next wave of charters.

Some projects are small (just make living aboard nicer) and others are more important such as installing a new windlass or anchor light fitting on the top of the mast. Derrek and I have been pretty excited on what we have accomplished in our five days off so far. We were able to install a new windlass, a new kitchen faucet, scrape the bottom of both our dinghy and small sailboat "Kermit," and even organize the tool closet!



Morning Dance, 41' Morgan Out Island, Ketch Rigged

Aft Cabin / Guests Quarters

Saloon / Galley

Forward Cabin / Captains' Quarters