Jim Palmer Archive
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 …
Our plan was to depart Solomans Island Wednesday, November 1st after a couple morning client calls. However, this day did not go as planned … or did it? We left the dock at 10:00 am and visited the Solomans Yacht Club fuel dock to take on 200 gallons of diesel. As we were leaving the harbor and entering the Chesapeake Bay we noticed the seas …
