Still alive

Hi! Folks:

After several months of trying to get established in Corpus Christi, TX, we gave up. The economy just wasn't working for us.

Last August, we brought Raven to Clear Lake, off the wetsern edge of Galveston Bay. We've been holed up at Watergate Marina ever since.

We have now been living aboard for over three and a half years. We've learned a lot about what makes a boat liveable and learned about Raven's shortcomings. We've also looked at other boats (Tayana 37, Lord Nelson 35, Hans Christian 43) and are now faced with pouring thousands of dollars into Raven or thousands of dollars into another boat. The alternative is to move onto land. Not ready for that, yet.

In the meantime we are storing tons of househld goods that we'll likely not ever use again.

There are only a couple of solutions: make more than we spend or spend less than we make. We grapple contantly with these dilemmas.

Will keep you posted.

Best of luck in 2010.

Captain Dave