georgebackhus on August 12th, 2011

Moonshadow is for sale and is lying in the Ortega Landing Marina in Jacksonville, Florida.  To view the recently updated sales listing, copy and paste the link below to your browser.

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1986/Deerfoot-2-62-performance-cruiser-dual-cockpit-walk-in-engine-room-2300767/Jacksonville/FL/United-States

georgebackhus on July 2nd, 2011

Brooks and Gatehouse, B & G or “Broken Gauges.”  Whatever you may think of them, they still rate pretty high with cruising and racing sailors alike.   We still have most of the original set installed on Moonshadow  in 1986 and they continue to serve us well.

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georgebackhus on June 14th, 2011

A mailmanatee at a waterfront home along the New River

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georgebackhus on June 3rd, 2011

We’re back on board Moonshadow in Ft. Lauderdale after a few months at home in New Zealand.   We’ve spent the past few weeks getting everything ready to go and completely wiping out the “to do” and “to get” lists.  I’m sure this won’t be the case for very long!  The last item was a new Bimini top for the aft cockpit which was completed today and provides nice shade to the helm area.  Thanks to Linda and John of Beaver Brand Canvas here in Ft. Lauderdale for the great work. 

The new Bimini top for the aft cockpit will give us some great shade while helming

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