Jim Palmer Archive
Our new YouTube channel is off to a great start! Our initial videos have been viewed over 300 times! Our plan moving forward is to launch a new episode of “Our Floating Home” every Monday. In today’s new show, we describe the various systems, including plumbing, electrical, heat/ac and propulsion, that make it possible for us to live on Our Floating Home whether in a …
Two years ago when we bought our Floating Home, it was more boat than I ever imagined owning. It has two Yanmar 480 diesel engines, Racor fuel filters two vacuflush bathrooms, a 10 KW Generator and let’s just say a breaker panel that scared the hell out of me when I first saw it! My initial thought and fall back answer when something needed fixing …
Everything happens for a reason. Often you don’t get to know why things are not working according to ‘your plan’ until sometime later. Stephanie and I had plans for a two-day trip to Long Beach Island New Jersey to spend the week with her family who were gathered at a rented beach house. We would be 10 minutes away in a marina. I would be …
April 14, 2017 we moved aboard our Floating Home. Our house had been sold and what we decided to keep was placed in storage. The plan was an 18 month adventure. Now we are 12 months in and we know that there is so much more to see and do. This adventure will go on longer. On April 14, 2018 we went on Facebook live …
