Photos of the Daily Look of a Cruising Boat

[Jeffpall]

My girlfriend and I have just purchased our first 30'er. I have been sailing for years and have taken her sailing on my 16' hobie. This is her first 'big' boat and we are now working towards fixing, replacing, cleaning, adding, to get it ready in the next few years to take off on our first cruise.

What I would really like is some photos of your everyday boat so she can see how cluttered, clean, orderly some real boats of everyday life onboard are like.
And just how much "oh look at all this storage" can be shall we say...misleading at times

Thanks!

[virginia boy]

Here's my 28 footer on a typical day. Yes, I'm a pig. She's a work in progress as am I. The galley pic was taken on a good day

[Therapy]

Lots of stuff in my places.

[virginia boy]

Wow therapy, how do you keep things so tidy? I find it difficult to just put my clothes away lol!

[Unicorn Dreams]

Welcome Aboard Cruisers Forum

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Jeffpall.

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by virginia boy

Wow therapy, how do you keep things so tidy? I find it difficult to just put my clothes away lol!

I don't live aboard.

[Kindle]

This is what it looks like before stuff gets put away


This is about 30 min later

The boat feels bigger when everything is stowed!

Welcome aboard!

[Jeffpall]

Thanks for the welcome! And thanks to those that have already posted some pictures. She is already making lists and more lists.

[Kindle]

jeffpall,

I invite your girlfriend to join in too. There are lots of us girls here-and some of us just love lists!

Deborah

[atoll]

on passage

[danm2a2]

It is SO refreshing to see boats as they are used rather than posed for a photo shoot. Please post more pics, trying to sell the wife on cruising when we can. Thanks!

[svBeBe]

How does one post a photo in a thread? I do not see that option. Rules indicate I can post attachments but I cannot find how that is done. Only option I find is to insert a URL for an image or link.

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by danm2a2

It is SO refreshing to see boats as they are used rather than posed for a photo shoot. Please post more pics, trying to sell the wife on cruising when we can. Thanks!

Well I don't feel so bad now. Here is a before photo when I'm in my bachelor cruise mode working on the boat sans girlfriend and/or guests:

I'm still working on an after photo.

[svBeBe]

Originally Posted by svBeBe

How does one post a photo in a thread? I do not see that option. Rules indicate I can post attachments but I cannot find how that is done. Only option I find is to insert a URL for an image or link.

Never mind. Now the Advanced is working and it is obvious how to attach a thumbnail. Earlier today I got an error message when clicking on Advanced.