Uh, we bought a boat.

So we bought a boat.  A sailboat.  A 1979 Hunter 30 to be exact.  Now keep in mind, neither my husband nor I know how to sail.  In fact, neither of us have ever been sailing.  You may then be wondering why we bought a thirty-foot sailboat.  You'd have to ask my husband.  All I know is that for as long as I've known him, George has talked incessantly about having a boat, and that one night while working the late shift he got very bored and started searching for sailboats for sale.  Apparently that's what you do when you're bored at work at 2am and you think sailing around the world sounds like a really great idea.  At any rate, he found this beauty on a lake about an hour and a half away:

It was priced well, and it was nearby, so George went to check it out, I think half-expecting there to be a gaping hole in the side of the boat.  Instead, he found a boat with a good hull, new sails, a motor that supposedly ran... and a cabin full of mold and mildew and old margarita buckets catching the water dripping off of the windows.

Long story short, George convinced me this would be a fun adventure, and also that we could get the boat for less than asking price.  After conspiring with his boss, George put in a ridiculously low bid, expecting it to be rejected.  Apparently, the guy really wanted to get this boat off of his hands, because he came back with only a slightly higher counteroffer, and we accepted.  And that is the story of how we bought a thirty-foot sailboat for approximately salvage value.

We're going to be putting quite a bit of work into this baby for the next few months (maybe years), so I figured I'd start this blog to track our progress, and to share our adventure with anyone who may be interested.  Enjoy!