Brian Scott

Episode 5 – Emma Sailing

This was a fun trip! We fixed a radio and water pump – sailed – anchored – got stuck on a sandbar – moved Freebird to a mooring buoy – went out to dinner – Emma learned to drive the dinghy – redid the head (bathroom) – went out to sea again in the darkContinue reading “Episode 5 – Emma Sailing”

Episode 4

We did a ton of work over the summer to get Freebird more livable. So this episode is about fixing a bunch of systems to make living easier or upgrades to the interior. Jody and the girls came to help a ton. A good friend of mine, Heath, not only showed up to help, butContinue reading “Episode 4”

Radio Technician Anyone?

This project here isn’t going so well. We have had a lot of victories fixing things up, but without a VHF radio we will be stuck at the dock for a while. It was broken and I knew just enough to make it worse in this case.

Chicken And Asparagus in the shadow of Old Glory

The Sound of Freedom

Back in Beaufort

Got in late last night. Ran around all day today gathering supplies and food. Now a little down time dockside after some dinner. I had some requests to do more about the boat and since I will be here doing maintenance for a month I will do just that. Going to hit it hard tomorrowContinue reading “Back in Beaufort”

Ep. 3

With all of the craziness losing all of my personal items, I forgot I had recorded some video as we left Miami and moved up the Florida coast. Sorry for confusing the timeline. Maybe it is a little like a George Lucas feature where you go back and create an earlier episode?

Ep. 2 – South Carolina

This episode was about getting to Freebird’s new home in Beaufort South Carolina. This was plan B. With so many countries in various states with the pandemic, we would have to put off our plans to Panama for one year.

What Happened to the updates?!!

Yes, I was planning on doing an update every few days during the trip from Key Largo up to South Carolina and video episode 2 is coming, but not before tales of woe. The next stage began in Miami when Stephen had to go home and I was waiting for Dave to arrive in MiamiContinue reading “What Happened to the updates?!!”

Maintenance Day

Yesterday we were anchored in Rodriguez Key with some other boats and working on getting things ready for the bigger voyage. Fixed the Autopilot Display and our Voltage indicator plus a few little things. Tested the backup cooling system because the port motor had been having troubles. Might need a new water pump. Need aContinue reading “Maintenance Day”