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Christmastime in Florida

Hope everyone had a great holiday! In between getting accustomed to our new home, we enjoyed spending the holiday season in Florida this year. In this post, I share some of the holiday decorations for Christmastime in Florida.

Holiday Decorations

People really get into the Christmas decorations: houses, cars, even boats are decorated for the holidays. They even host a few boat parades along the Inter Coastal Waterway (ICW): one had Huey Lewis as the Grand Marshal. We missed the boat on that one (sorry!) but got some photos anyway.

See how Christmas is celebrated in Curaçao and Martinique!


Here is a snapshot of some of the stylish, funny, interesting and just plain weird holiday decorations in our travels on land and water in Southern Florida.

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Our First Sail On Sava

Our insurance broker said we needed an assessment by a captain to get insurance. We took that as an opportunity to learn from one of the best. So that’s what we did. We hired a captain and went out for our first sail on Sava.

Captain on Board

Yesterday we were fortunate to have a wise and helpful captain  on board Sava for our first day sailing her as owners. Conrad hails from New Zealand and has lived and worked in Florida for decades and has lots of stories from his many years sailing. We soaked up as much information from him as we could.

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Setting Up Our Sailboat Sava

Our first days on Sava have been very busy. We’ve had a chance to check her out and learn what is working and what isn’t, or just learn how things work. We spent the last couple of days docked at Boynton Harbor Marina while we shopped and fixed up the boat. We’ve been getting inspired by quotes about sailing but now it’s real! Here’s what it’s been like for two newbies setting up our sailboat Sava.

OMG the learning curve

Sava has a lot of equipment which we’re trying to understand. We’ve learned which switches need to be switched to get the water flowing, how to pump out the showers so the water drains properly, where the propane needs to be turned to work the barbecue and stove, and why the barbecue works but the stove doesn’t. We’ve also learned that a coffee addiction is not one to ignore. Priorities. Finally, and maybe most importantly, we’ve learned that we have a lot to learn about our new boat!

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