We bought a boat. Offer made and accepted. We won’t hear about the survey and sea trials for another week or two and if the boat fails those or the previous owner is not willing to make good on any repairs or issues the surveyor finds then the deal can still be called off. Other than that, we bought a boat.

She is a 2003 Hunter 386. Because I am such a nerd I have already made a (temporary) boat website for her: The Chronicles of Laughing Baby and no, we aren’t going to name her Laughing Baby. You can check there for more images and a complete spec sheet.

The Laughing Baby comes from the wonderings and imaginings L, C and I have done over the past year or so about what if and what would you. Leslie settled pretty early on that she would name her boat Laughing Baby. So when we committed to this decision I, with some trepidation, asked her if she really wanted to name the boat Laughing Baby. She smiled and allowed how as she would be willing to just name the dinghy that and we could come up with a joint name for the mothership. We decided we would wait until we’ve sailed her a bit before we jump to any conclusions. You never know, maybe we will name her after our old basil plant…

So I did up a logo, built a quick WordPress site and now we have a place to put boating news.

And no, this isn’t an April Fools joke. We haven’t told many people so you, my loyal (and largely non-existent) readers, are among the first to know.