Yes, but it's a long story and is not appropriate to this forum.
3 days, and counting...
GPB,
I've been quietly watching from the back row but had to chime in. Best of luck to you on Friday in your big step! I'll be very interested in your first impressions and unexpected discoveries.
Lin had been a star whilst I was out.
Well you know how to stress test your new way of life. Hopefully, your lovely bride will still be aboard when you return.
Two weeks after we purchased our new to us boat I took off for two weeks to Japan. A storm set in and the water around the boat froze over. Luckily, nothing bad happened and none of the systems failed while I was gone.
Hi PC. I'm in the USA at the moment in WI (freezing cold!). I see you had a storm after you moved aboard - well, after 18 hours as a liveaboard, I had to fly out to the USA. As I left, a NE'ly storm blew up and my wife was contending with a F8 rising F10 and all the rocking and rolling in the marina. Brave lady. In the end, she's booked herself into a local hotel to get some peace and quiet (and Internet access) since she has some work to finish off!
Hopefully she'll be fine about it when I get back at the end of the week.....
By the way, thanks for the comments on our website. As soon as I'm back I'll be updating the site and getting the blog going. All the best.
We are also planning to move aboard a trawler shortly and I am searching online for furniture to make the small space comfortable for daily living. I'm thinking a love seat with two built in "wallaway" recliners will be the best solution for my husband and myself, however, everything "custom" online is very expensive. Anyone know of a ready made brand of furniture that will suit the purpose? Also, any ladies out there that have recommendations for tasteful and comfortable ideas for decorating? This will be my tiny little 38' home so I'm particular and want it to be as nice and comfortable as possible without spending more on the interior than we did on the boat
Thanks
We are also planning to move aboard a trawler shortly and I am searching online for furniture to make the small space comfortable for daily living. I'm thinking a love seat with two built in "wallaway" recliners will be the best solution for my husband and myself, however, everything "custom" online is very expensive. Anyone know of a ready made brand of furniture that will suit the purpose? Also, any ladies out there that have recommendations for tasteful and comfortable ideas for decorating? This will be my tiny little 38' home so I'm particular and want it to be as nice and comfortable as possible without spending more on the interior than we did on the boat
Thanks
The Eagle interior as stark shippy and really ugly when we bought her. We have gone through her from bow to stern over the years. RV stores have furniture that will fit though the doors and/or can be disassembled, but as you said expensive, but its going to be your home, so make it comfortable and decorated to your taste.
So where is Seabrook and what is your taste in color/décor as that information would help. Does the boat have a lot of wood and/or what is the color of the ceiling/walls.
At the time my wife was making new curtains for the salon that sort of matcht the bed spread as the original curtains in the picture where to bland/dull. Curtains see to have a warm/corfort feeling, hold the heat and don't make noise. I should take new picture. As you can see we have quite a few pictures, nick nacks and things to make it homey
Still learning to navigate this site - hope this is the correct way to "reply". Master looks awesome! The boat we have a contract on is an 88 MT so your pics are doubly helpful. Good tip about the plexiglass. What are you using to hang them?We,too, have a 38 ft Trawler and after fixing the major "outside" things, I.e. new canvas, refinishing teak and painting non-skid decks, I'm now focusing on the interior. The fixed bench seating on our trawler was removed before we bought it and there was no salon furniture in the salon. We got a Flexsteel (unfortunately not cheap) loveseat with two "incliners". It doesn't take as much room as a recliner. You might check out RV places as I've seen some cheaper since I bought mine.
One thing I struggled with was pictures. I didn't want any pictures with glass so it limited my decorating options. Then I decided to try plexiglass. I bought two pictures recently and replaced the glass with plexiglass that I had cut at the local ACE Hardware. I'm pleased with it and they are much lighter. So now I'm going to add more pictures.
The photo ( if I figure out how to post it ) is our aft cabin. Still a work in progress but with new pictures and new quilt.
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