A little tribute to Kat's parents who taught her to love adventure and to live in comfort, a perfect partnership on Might as Well. For a time, Kat's parents lived on a trawler that they called Our Adventure-- and so it was! They have shared this and many other adventures over 60 years together! 

Thank you for the love and support.

After closing, we boarded her for the first time as her new owners. We shared a wonderful evening exploring her more and soaking in the joys of boat ownership that you experience before realizing all of the work that needs to be done and boat dollars that need to be spent. Note--a boat dollar is equal to $1,000 normal dollars and everything you do on a boat is already more expensive.

Anyway, we like to joke that we 'toasted with champagne on our yacht' when truth be told we drank prosecco on our boat. Either way we enjoyed those precious moments before reality set in!

Our first venture was cold and windy, but not the good wind from the right direction to sail, so we motored from Cambridge, MD to Solomans, MD where we spent two nights at Safe Haven Zahnisers. A lovely marina, with great service, clean facilities and an Italian restaurant, La Vela, that is to die for. Couldn't stay there too long as our waistlines couldn't handle it and we likely wouldn't have gotten much work done. 

After two nights of decadent food, we once again shoved off to our next destination. It was a long day motoring (again the weather and wind direction were not cooperative), before making it to Jackson Creek Marina in Deltaville, VA. It is a wonderful spot on the beautiful Jackson Creek off of the Chesapeake Bay. Nice facilities and nicer people. From the staff to our neighbors to the adjoining boatyard and restaurant, everyone we have encountered has been kind and welcoming. 

Capt. Charles took advantage of the 'down-time' while motoring to teach Kat a few things she desparately needed to know. One thing he covered was the gauges, including the depth finder. He explained that there can be slight variances in where they are located and other factors so on a new boat you don't know for sure where your depth is before you run aground. He said that one day we would take the boat out and VERY slowly and deliberately run her aground to learn that specific for our boat. Even knowing it was for the best, Kat was not looking forward to this.

Well wouldn't you know, we did run aground for the first time upon arrival. It was late afternoon on Saturday of Easter weekend and the Marina was closed until Monday. Not a problem since we knew which slip we were assigned to. All was going swimmingly and Capt. Charles made a perfect turn into the slip before we realized that the slip was not 7+ feet as we were told. When we stopped moving, Kat astutely realized there was a problem and about that time Capt. Charles said, 'Hey babe, it's 4 1/2 feet'! So that day we learned that when our depth finder says 4.5 feet we are not going anywhere else. 

We backed out to a transient slip until Monday morning when the staff showed us to our new slip, the last slip on the dock, just inside of the fuel dock, at the far end of the slips. We somehow lucked into the best views in the Marina and we get to greet everyone that comes for a night or just to get fuel. All in all, the perfect place to spend our first summer aboard. 

We plan to stay at Jackson Creek for the summer and work on the boat. She needs a lot of TLC and some upgrades to be ready for the next phase so this is our time to start to make her shine. 

In September 2026, we will haul out (using a lift with slings to pull her out of the water and onto a place we can do additional work) right here at the Deltaville Boatyard for some work that needs to be done on dry land, including painting the bottom and hull sides. Once that is complete, we will splash (using the same lift to put her back in the water) and complete our pre-trip provisioning (supply/grocery shopping) and any last minute things she needs to travel.

Sometime between late October and mid-November we plan to begin our trip south. Our draft is too much for the Intercoastal so we will be a little further out from shore but we have lots of fun stops planned along the way to the Florida Keys. We are planning to get on a mooring ball in Boot Key Harbor located in Marathon, FL. We will work and play hard for a few weeks before heading out to the Bahamas for the winter and spring. 

Stay tuned for more to come...