Sailing Olivia

07/15/2025

The v-berth bathroom is taking shape y’all. Not only what you see but under the floor all new everything even down to the poo holder 😁

07/02/2025

Adventure awaits but first boatwork.

06/30/2025

Ok I know this doesn’t look like much and maybe hard to explain. Shawn built this shower pan, and it is exactly where it’s going to sit. There will be a wall on each side except the front facing the mast or toilet area. There will also be a seat in the shower area. Between the shower and toilet will be a counter and sink and the toilet will get turned slightly with a curved base that will seamlessly blend into the cabinet area supporting the sink.

Also check out the floors in the master area with 2 coats of varnish 👀 ♥️

06/19/2025

Shawn always says he does the work that will not get seen, leaving the open thought of what is taking so long or what changes are going on I do the finish work the pretty work. But his work is the most important in keeping us safe and Olivia strong and worthy of the sea and lives she will carry.

1. He Stripped old, defunct wiring out of v-berth. 2. Rebuilt or reinforced mast base stringers. 3. Removed and replaced leaking Blackwater tank, deck to tank suction line, and all waste lines, and installed new tank and overboard valve. 4. Removed existing bonding lines that were corroded and installed bus bars to renewed wires. Also installed new ground cables to new bus bars and mast step and mounted to through hull ground plate. 5. I cleaned and painted the bilge. 6 reconnected all loose wires and cable to stringers.

Now we are ready to move forward in putting new flooring down and walls up.

The two big white units on there left are portable ACs as we do not want to run her units and get all the sawdust, fiberglass and other agents in her units all clogged up. Easier to clean portable units and or destroyed.

06/10/2025

Got the chain locker painted with 9100 two part epoxy and the bilge painted after repairs to the mast step. Also removed the old black water tank and will be putting in the new tank along with all new hoses. Once that is done the new flooring can go down which was previously rotted out and thankfully so because we discovered this area needed much attention.

06/06/2025

Dave, thank you for all your hard work with boat projects on Olivia. Dave lives in Ohio and drives down and stays a week to help out. Your friendship is truly appreciated. This now makes his third trip.

Sincerely, thank you.
Don’t worry buddy you will be in the next video after our vacay video 😂

06/04/2025

When you live on a boat, you really cannot control the direction of the wind, you must learn how to adjust the sails.

Our life ebbs and flows as we push through with each project on Olivia. Soon she will take us where we adjust her sails.

05/28/2025

Life is a gift, experiences not money, are what fulfill the human spirit.
All of our lives we have valued our cars, homes, fancy possessions and our appearances. Life is short, enjoy the gift.

05/21/2025

More pics. Leaving Nassau and spaceX rocket recovery.

05/21/2025

Ocean Cay (MSC - Private Island) and Nassau Bahamas.
You can’t not go to Nassau and not get their rum cakes.
MSC really does their dessert bar up and believe it or not I did not have a single dessert on this cruise until they put this spread out , so i had half a cake pop and half a s’mores dessert bar.
Both Shawn and I enjoyed the meats and veggies more.

05/18/2025

05/18/2025

And we’re headed to board the cruise ship.