Penny was manufactured in 1977 so naturally she is bound to have her own unique creaks and groans with age. Today a new one surfaced with nearly dangerous consequences… I awoke this morning to a burning smell in the cabin. This is never a good sign! I quickly started moving around the salon (living room

Penny became mine several weeks ago with the idea that she become a liveaboard and my primary residence. Rent rates in Seattle have skyrocketed in just the past couple years and living on land was fast becoming economically infeasible. With the idea of finding something more economical Penny sorta fell into my lap. Today the

This evening marked the first time I took the Carver out and played with it. Yes I have owned it for a few weeks now, however I have been traveling extensively and very busy at home so had not taken her out yet other than to move her from one slip to another with my

I am a bit sailboat obsessed. A couple years ago I ran across a neat craft project where you build a sailboat completely out of regular printer paper. As I was cleaning out my documents folder I found the instructions again and I am posting them here to share with you, also so there are

When I purchased my first boat, zzZippety Doo Dah I never imagined owning multiple boats, let alone a motorboat. Now I own 3 boats, 2 of which are motorboats. Today I would like to introduce the latest member of the collection! This is a 1977 33′ Carver Mariner. It has been immaculately kept by its