Del Viento 's home for now Last week I saw our boat for the first time. (In fact, it was the first time any of us have bee...

This week we sent picture cards to friends, family, and acquaintances. This picture card is a formal announcement of the new 25,000-pound...

Billy Black Hey! My picture is in this month's Cruising World ! This is the picture taken at last year's Annapolis Sailboat Sh...

Prophetic fortune cookies? www.sailboat-cruising-with-kids.com "You will soon be crossing the great waters" and "Now is t...

Bumfuzzle site, Oeste pictured www.bumfuzzle.com One of the current themes running on the  Bumfuzzle blog is a frustration with yacht br...

Talk about globalization: We live in Washington, D.C. http://www.flickr.com/photos/boliston/1732262369/ The folks selling us the Fuji 40...

The wait for the survey of this boat to happen was agonizing. It took us outside of the 18 days we gave ourselves to perform, according to t...

I'm not very good at it, but I know the value of recording first impressions of things as soon as possible after an event; I know that t...

Some questions Mike had after visiting the boat: 1. There is no air filter element currently installed, one aboard? Any part number handy? 2...

It sounds like they had a blast. Dolphins at the bow and all. I don't have all the details because they got in late, and now Miguel'...

I wanted to save these pictures for inspiration. "Our" Fuji is a boat, a workhorse, lots of gear sprouting out all over her, an ov...

First we wire our 10% deposit. Then on Saturday Mike and Eleanor are hopping on a plane for Puerto Vallarta where they will have a very busy...

In the brochure you can see how stunning her teak interior once was. The cabinetry is gorgeous, but not ornate and heavy like many of her co...

It was a beautiful spring day in Washington yesterday. Late afternoon, the four of us walked out of a bank downtown, having just closed on a...

Pictures from the Yacht World listing. She seems to be in decent shape. Lots of equipment. Great layout for a family living aboard. If we de...