Was Santa Good to You?

[Ex-Calif]

So far I got

Calder's diesel book
Calder's maintenance book
Boat cabinetry book
Bad elf gps
Xgps gps
Handheld vhf

Dinner with rellies tonight and a second round of gift exchanges but so far so good!

[HoboTrek]

I received a coleman porta potty, a deep sea fishing kit, and a collapsible looking glass. Santa has been pretty good to me.

[cmac]

We bought a 2005 Leopard 40 on 12/16 and declared our Christmas gift to each other. To say we are excited about this new chapter in our lives is a huge understand net. We are incredibly fortunate to be able to finally own our own sailboat instead of chartering others. We count our blessings that this opportunity came our way when it did and plan Ito move aboard in January.

A huge thank you to all the great folks on CF, even the cynical posters with a crafty sense of humor. It's been very entertaining and helpful to read all of the posts over the last few years. We hope to see some of you out there as we sail up and down the east coast and beyond over the next 10 years.

Merry Christmas!

[cmac]

Computers that decide what the correct spelling is a bit frustrating. Sorry about the confusing first sentences.

[Ex-Calif]

Originally Posted by cmac

We bought a 2005 Leopard 40 on 12/16 and declared our Christmas gift to each other. To say we are excited about this new chapter in our lives is a huge understand net. We are incredibly fortunate to be able to finally own our own sailboat instead of chartering others. We count our blessings that this opportunity came our way when it did and plan Ito move aboard in January.

A huge thank you to all the great folks on CF, even the cynical posters with a crafty sense of humor. It's been very entertaining and helpful to read all of the posts over the last few years. We hope to see some of you out there as we sail up and down the east coast and beyond over the next 10 years.

Merry Christmas!

Wow! Congratulations. You must have been very very good :-)

[colemj]

We got a complete NMEA2000 network (batteries not included and some assembly required).

Mark

[sarafina]

Santa was pretty good. I guess I must have been good also since hebroughtme the tablet Iam on right now! We will be setting upthisgiz to run navigationsoftware. Typing isabitchallenging on thetouch screen. But I should get the hhng of it!

[s/vfootloose]

It was my best Christmas ever. No gifts but my wife had surgery Nov.22. She had an aortic bypass with grafts to 4 other arteries. It went PERFECT!!!!. She is still hurting but we should be back sailing soon. Thank you to Shands hospital and University of Florida. On top of that we got a deposit Fri. Her co-workers had given 134 hours of their paid tme off to her. We were stunned. Grateful hardly describes how we feel.

[sailcruiser]

Originally Posted by s/vfootloose

It was my best Christmas ever. No gifts but my wife had surgery Nov.22. She had an aortic bypass with grafts to 4 other arteries. It went PERFECT!!!!. She is still hurting but we should be back sailing soon. Thank you to Shands hospital and University of Florida. On top of that we got a deposit Fri. Her co-workers had given 134 hours of their paid tme off to her. We were stunned. Grateful hardly describes how we feel.

Footloose congrats to you both. It sounds like Santa came early and gave you guys he best gift of all, time. Hope you're both back out sailing soon. SC

[deckofficer]

Originally Posted by s/vfootloose

It was my best Christmas ever. No gifts but my wife had surgery Nov.22. She had an aortic bypass with grafts to 4 other arteries. It went PERFECT!!!!. She is still hurting but we should be back sailing soon. Thank you to Shands hospital and University of Florida. On top of that we got a deposit Fri. Her co-workers had given 134 hours of their paid tme off to her. We were stunned. Grateful hardly describes how we feel.

Now that is hard to beat, but I'll try. Got a hot shower.

[sww914]

Yes he was.
We got a magnum inverter, a blue sky solar charge controller, 2 more golf cart batteries, a big alternator and voltage regulator and a sea scooter. Oh, and the new prop shaft is allegedly on it's way. After all this is installed (I'd better remember how to work hard) we can continue South until it's nice and warm.

[Ex-Calif]

Originally Posted by sarafina

Santa was pretty good. I guess I must have been good also since hebroughtme the tablet Iam on right now! We will be setting upthisgiz to run navigationsoftware. Typing isabitchallenging on thetouch screen. But I should get the hhng of it!

Your typing looks like mine - LOL

It gets better...

[Ex-Calif]

Originally Posted by s/vfootloose

It was my best Christmas ever. No gifts but my wife had surgery Nov.22. She had an aortic bypass with grafts to 4 other arteries. It went PERFECT!!!!. She is still hurting but we should be back sailing soon. Thank you to Shands hospital and University of Florida. On top of that we got a deposit Fri. Her co-workers had given 134 hours of their paid tme off to her. We were stunned. Grateful hardly describes how we feel.

Wow two of the best gifts. Good health and good friends. Congratulations!

[GaryMayo]

I was a good boy this year. Santa brought me a 30 foot sailboat on a two axle galvanized trailer. A wait a minute, Rudolph tossed in a slip with electrical and water hook ups.

[boatman61]

I'm stoked.... Looks like he gave me the Pacific.....