This is a blog of our projects and journeys leading up to and after our departure from the idea of living the dream to actually living the dream. Dirk and Nancy along with Butters will soon go in search of beautiful beaches,& sunsets in the Bahamas then into the Caribbean.
Since we put Tybee Time back in her slip a couple weeks ago we have only gone down once to stay on her. Rainy cold days really don't afford you much time to get anything done other then seeing how comfortable the settee cushions are from laying on them all day watching TV. Well we came to the conclusion that they aren't at all comfortable for say company staying with us and having to sleep on them or better yet, us having a movie marathon day due to bad weather. So this of course is put on the ever growing list of things to do. Other then a lot of lazy lounging getting done, we spent some time with our friends from Conch Clipper Ron & Sonja. They are lucky enough to be heading out this week to cruise the Bahamas for the winter. I have added a link to their blog site under the list on the left so check it out. I have asked Ron to try to keep the blog updated with lots of pics and Dirk and I have sent them out as scouts to give us information. I enjoy reading other peoples blogs about the places they go and things they do, yet so many of them really don't go into too much detail. With Dirk and I leaving next year details is what we crave. So from now till next June we will be living vicariously through them and hope to be receiving many wonderful tales and information. I am so excited for them and can only imagine the feeling I will have when its our turn.
O'Day 40 Year 1988 LOA 39'7" LWL 33'6" Beam 12' 71/2" Draft 4' 11" Displacement 18,500 lbs Water 107 gallons Fuel 42 gallons Engine Westerbeke 46 HP
About Us
Dirk was born and raised in Hamburg Germany. He moved to the states when he was seventeen and a couple years later joined the Army. His 23 years in the military took him all over the world to many a location. In January of 2007 he retired and is now an instructor of blackhawk systems at Fort Rucker Alabama. As for myself, I was born in Philadelphia, PA and raised in the small town of Natchitoches Louisiana. I spent most of my time in and around photography. Starting off in small 1 hour labs printing, working as an assistant for photographers, and finally found myself as a photographic retouch artist. In June we moved aboard and began prepping Tybee Time for our eventual departure. November 2, 2009 we will began our travels down the west coast of Florida. From there we plan to head to the Bahamas, eventually finding our way heading down south to the Caribbean. We will be bringing Butters our cat with us on the journey as crew.