Author Archives: The Hermes

They have a thing here called Bike Night.  The place where the bikes, or should I clarify, motor cycles, are, is within walking distance from the condo and it is exactly what it sounds like.  All the bikers come out and … Continue reading →

In early February, we found another Albin in Stuart, FL to look at.  So off we went with our Broker Mike.  He has the patience of a Saint to keep driving back and forth across the state with us to … Continue reading →

Whoops.  The Editor of this column didn’t catch my typing error about the SeaRay.  It isn’t an outboard that was on the boat, it was an IO (inboard/outboard).  An inboard is actually preferable over an IO down here.  I think … Continue reading →

When we first got married we had a 24 foot SeaRay Weekender.  We wished that we could afford the 28 foot Sundancer….38 years later, here we are :). This one was one we looked at, again, just to see the … Continue reading →

So, the Shamrock boat is in our top 5 list. It only has a beam (that’s width for you landlubbers 😉 ) of 8 feet, so it would fit on our lift nicely.  Our broker that we are working with … Continue reading →

I know, it’s a Bayliner, but it was loaded! Did I mention it was loaded?  Radar, GPS, auto pilot, Flo Scan (which measures your fuel consumption), a beefed up lower unit.  But all in all, it had some water damage … Continue reading →

We have been looking at boats trying to find the new Touch of Class.  Here is one we looked at.  Anybody that is old school will appreciate this one Of course this is the way we saw it This is … Continue reading →

Yes, we are still alive.  We spent the holidays in Minnesota, luckily the snow and bad weather Gods took pity on us and it barely snowed at all while we were there.  We had a great time visiting family and … Continue reading →

For those of you that don’t put up lights or decorations to celebrate Christmas, here are some we found up north Those were at my brother’s store called Beartrax.  The lights are even synchronized with music.  Very impressive.   Those were … Continue reading →

My much older brother, of a year and half, planned on joining us in November to help us move the boat from Chattanooga to Columbus, MS, where we were going to leave it for November and December.  Then, whoops, we … Continue reading →