Even though Sushi lives on a sailboat, she always finds ways to run around and play!

Sushi loves playing fetch with us on the boat. And it's easy exercise if we can't get her to shore to run around and stretch her legs!

Our Bengal kitten, Sushi, keeps accidentally dropping her toys off of our sailboat while she's playing. The worst part is that she doesn't let us know until it's floating away! Luckily we bought a net which makes toy recovery much easier... #gatosdelmar #catswhosail #sailingadventures #sailingcouple #sailboat #bengalcat

Our kitten, Sushi, had her first swimming lesson while we were at anchor (thankfully)! #gatosdelmar #catswhosail #catoverboard #sailingadventures #adventuresushi #liveaboardlife #sailingcouple #sailboat

Sushi is an active boat cat, and we need to keep finding creative ways for her to get her energy out while at anchor. #catswhosail #gatosdelmar #liveaboardlife #sailboat #bengalcat #bengalcatlovers #adventuresushi

Summer removes the black tank from our Beneteau 411 forward head. We converted our conventional toilet into a composting toilet, so we no longer need this tank to hold our poo! #boatwork #boatrefit #beneteau #sailboat

Our biggest project yet! Our old bottom paint was failing and our thru hulls were corroding! We hauled out at Bert Jabin Yacht Yard to take care of both problems at once. Doing most of the work ourselves, we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into! Incredibly hot weather and back breaking labor, after 4 days the thru hulls were complete and we finished prepping to start the paint. Thankfully we didn’t sand the bottom paint ourselves. Instead we wanted to start fresh and got the bottom professionally blasted down to bare gel coat. After days prepping the bottom of the boat we toiled for two MORE days to apply four coats of Interlux 2000 barrier paint followed by two coats of Trinidad Pro. We thought this was going to be easy peasy, right? I’ve painted the entire inside of my house, how hard could it be to paint a boat? We were so wrong… Constant crouching on our knees then standing back up - lather, rinse, repeat… The Trinidad Pro has so much copper in it, holding that heavy roller full of paint above our head for hours was brutal! On the bright side, we both got a full body workout two days in a row 🤣 We finished up the last coat of paint around 9pm and it wasn’t until the next morning that we could appreciate the fruits of our labor, it was so worth it. 💙 Will I ever volunteer to paint the bottom of another boat…? Oh, heck no! If you’re wondering how much money projects like this cost, check it👇🏼👇🏼 Thru hulls = $800 Barrier paint = $1000 Anti-fouling paint = $1050 Bottom blasting = $2000 Yard fees = $1650 Misc parts, supplies, & consumables = $300 TOTAL without labor = $6800 Cost of therapy = TBD…… 😵‍💫 #boatwork #sailingcouple #beneteau411 #sailboat #boatproject #diy #shorts

No more propane on our boat! All electric baby! With 920 Watts of solar installed, we decided to gut the old propane stove and rebuild it with an electric induction cooktop. It was actually easier than we thought, and involved drilling out a few rivets and repurposing some parts. The result ended up looking pretty great, and we even have a shelf in the middle for storing pots and pans. Unfortunately, only a single burner induction cooktop would fit, so we’ll have to make do. We moved the microwave to the bottom of the stove, which frees up some much needed counter space. We purchased a small countertop convection toaster oven so we can still toast and bake things, if needed. Have you ever thought about doing this? Leave your comments below! #boatrefit #beneteau411 #boatgalley #electricgalley #boatwork #liveaboards #liveaboardlife #shorts

What’s in the boooox?! 😩 One of our larger purchases at the Annapolis Sailboat Show has arrived! It’s a Mantus Scuba Compressor. This little baby will allow us to refill our own scuba tanks while we’re out on the boat sailing around the Caribbean. #mantusanchors #mantusscuba #sailinglife #mantusmarine #shorts