We spent the Spring, Summer & Fall docked in Rhode Island.
We grew up here and our families still live in the area. We spent much of our time catching up with friends and family which was nice after spending the entire winter in the Florida Keys.
For me that meant lots of trips to the grave with Dad and my siblings to visit Mom.
While at the dock in RI Kelly took up fishing..
In January of 2017 we made the decision to leave our careers in corporate America and boat full-time. While we will miss our coworkers we believe in “Sell everything but the boat and have the Simple Life”. Once retired, we took on the huge task of selling everything we own and staging our home for sale. We worked right up to the middle of November when we just had to leave because of the weather. I had no time to prepare the boat for departure we simply loaded it up and shoved off for warmer weather.
This year we spent the entire Spring, Summer and Fall completing routine maintenance & projects so the boat to be better prepared for cruising.
When you own a boat and you are not rich you must perform all the required maintenance yourself. That means you must be an electrician, plumber, HVAC/R tech, Marine electronics expert, diesel mechanic, FRP (Fiberglass Resin Plastic) and gelcoat repair technician, Carpet installer, painter, boat detailer, etc.
Maintenance projects Pictorial Guide:
No Eels were harmed during the painting of our bottom.
Then it was time to splash the boat back in water
Then it was time to get back to more maintenance jobs:
When we were not doing maintenance we were doing upgrade projects:
When we were not busy with boat projects, with the help of my family we were able to replace my father’s Septic system
We Voted …
We suffered “Boat Bites”…
After we watching one of our slip neighbors depart to Martha’s Vineyard, we were saddened to hear of their boat running into the Oak Bluffs entrance jetty and sinking on the beach. Luckily, captain, wife and child were unharmed.
And other local boating disasters…
We swore that we were going to leave in mid October and now it’s approaching mid-November and the weather is not looking great.
MV Simple Life 
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