S/V Barefoot on a sunset cruise.

So you already know S/V Bandit..... we'd like to introduce our newest member S/V Barefoot, a 1994 45' Catalina Morgan. She is apart of summer fleet in North Carolina and the vessel Derrek and I will be living on this winter as we head south, back down to Miami and the Florida Keys.

Although we are sad to see S/V Morning Dance (our previous home in Miami) go, we are excited to be running this "new to us" boat. Barefoot is extremely special to us as it was once owned and operated by a good friend of ours who recently passed away. We hope that, in his honor, we are able to maintain and improve the boat as though he were still on board.

S/V Barefoot returning to River Dunes

Saloon View

View Looking Aft in Saloon

My favorite part..... a nav station I can set a laptop up on!

A fully equipped galley

Spacious Guest cabin

Ocean side!

Bandit made it to North Carolina!! - a huge thank you to my parents and our drivers for getting her there safely!!!

It took a good half of the day getting Bandit prepped to enter the water and off of the trailer. The temperatures were in the upper 90s - 100s which made for an extremely hot few hours!
Derrek had to work and was not able to join us for the entire morning but grabbed one of our new friends, and fellow co-worker, Luke, to help the 6 of us already trying to push and pull her off the trailer.

We motored her just a few yards to her new home... a slip right beside our new sailing school fleet. We were getting a little tired and hot and took a break from Bandit for the day, meeting back in the evening to go on a sunset sail on our other boat, Barefoot, where we enjoyed using the grill and sailing her for the first time since moving to North Carolina.

The next day was spent putting the sails and running rigging on Bandit then taking her out for a test spin into Broad Creek / Neuse River. It was over a hundred degrees with little wind so our trip was cut short as we headed back to shore and the A/C. With no bimini, it made for a hot, but fun little trip! Everything worked great and she is now ready to set sail teaching ASA courses!

My parents left early this morning with Bandit (being towed by a friend of my Dad's from work and their family) and is on her way to River Dunes! ETA 11:15 tonight =)

The 'convoy' and crew at a rest area on the way south!

I am very excited to see my parents again (even though its only been 2 weeks since I was last home) and to see Bandit in the water. We've worked hard to get her to where she is now and hopefully everything will go smoothly as she gets splashed and on her first sail with us! Stay tuned of Bandit's adventures this weekend.....

Leaving home and entering the interstate!

Rearranging her to be towed