Boston Boating Blog

Okay, I am not a fan of folks that create blog posts that say – “Sorry I haven’t updated in a while…” so I am not going to apologize.  Instead I’ll tell ya about what ‘we’ (the marina folk) have been up to as best I can and tell you we are all upset the season is over and we are all looking forward to the 2010 boating season.  (If you don’t believe me, I was convinced by Ryan to find a ‘count down timer’ widget to put on the blog that is counting down the days until April 16 – the day after tax day – to put the boat back in the water – check it out.)

So the big delay in the blog was after the Labor Day party I took off to Germany for 2 weeks for work.  It was a great trip.  The middle weekend I ran into one of my college roommates I hadn’t seen in 18 years – since college.  He and his family are living in Munich.  Chris took me around Munich and gave me a great tour and we got caught up – it was great.

The other season, come to find out, that a bunch of us are passionate about is the hockey season.

This year my friend Brian and I have a few seats to a bunch of Bruins games.  Ryan is passionate about the B’s and on Halloween Tony, Kathy, Ryan, Paul, Betty, Frank, Dale and bunch of other folks got a box at the Bruins.  They had a blast.

We will be looking forward to the Boston Boat Show this year.  It is always fun to look at new toys.  Rumor has it that Kathy and Tony upgraded already We shall see and are anxious to check it out.

Tony and Kathy held a great party at their house in NH for their daughter who is entering the Navy.  It was great to see them, they have a great pad, and a bunch of folks from the marina showed up and we hung out and had some FANTASTIC food.

Other than that not much is going on. Donna and I frequent our favorite Korean / Japanese Restaurant in Newton called Apgujung.  Jim is the bar tender there and he is super friendly and has become a good friend.  He even helped us celebrate Labor Day at the Marina.  I highly recommend checking out the joint.  Jackie, the owner is a great guy, always makes you fell welcome and does some great experimentation w/ Sushi and other dishes.

Steve and I are also working on Paul’s new web site for Reel Pursuit.  I am psyched to do it and I hope it lives up to Paul’s expectations, we want to make it great.

Donna and I are also redoing our kitchen, well I should say Donna is redoing our kitchen and I am sure it is going to be AWESOME.  If you don’t know, Donna is a kitchen designer by trade – the best in Boston I may add and is the Owner Operator of Venegas and Company.  If you need a kitchen in and around New England, its worth a trip to the Boston Design Center and check it out.

The marina Christmas party is in a couple of weeks and that should be fun.  We have a bunch more hockey to see.  I am planning on having folks over to watch the Olympics this year.  Olympic hockey is always great.

Well, I am sure there will be lots more news between now and the Boat Show – which is usually the start of the Boating Blog for the season, however not sure there will be many updates between now and then.  So, Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday’s and Happy New Year to all.  May it be safe and I look forward to boating and blogging next season.

Captain Steve K

Captain’s Blog – Stardate April 9, 2009

So the 2009 boating season is about to kick off.  I know, I know, its a bit early, as my father would tell me but I am anxious as usual.  I am also excited.  I have become quite the social networker over the past 12 months and have moved the blog to this new format and am excited to keep delivering content and perhaps capture some more followers.  Please tell all your friends about the new site and you can look forward to more stories, more photos and even video this year.  I also set up the blog in my Facebook account and you can find it in LinkedIn as well.  I also setup a twitter account called Captain SteveK – so when I am on the water or at the marina, I can give you play by play updates on what is going on.

What’s happened so far this year in the world of the Donna Julie II.  We went to the Boston boat show in February.  It was a great show and they had hull #5 of the new Cobalt 37.  I have to say, Donna and I spent about 4 hours sitting on that boat.  It is definitely the one we will upgrade to one day.  No other real surprise at the show.  Attendance was down and so were the number of boats at the show but it was to be expected.  I ran into a company at the show, Portland Mattress.  These guys are great.  We got a mattress pad for boat this year to make sleeping on it a bit more comfortable.

We solidified our slip at the show for this year.  Same slip so we are excited to be around our friends again.  We are looking froward to the Sea grass planting party on April 24th, the pool party next weekend, the Fisherman’s Feast in the North End, the 4th of July party we always have and  just a fun summer.

I made an attempt last week to put the boat in the water even earlier than normal but the weather didn’t cooperate so looks like we are shooting for next weekend.

Look for the stories to start flowing.  Oh, and I finally received my captain’s details in the mail.   Not sure if you remember but last year I went for my captain’s license and successfully passed.  All I needed was the paperwork to prove it and it finally showed up.

Well see you on the high seas.

Posted by, Captain SteveK

Ah, you know know what that means? It means that in a VERY few short months, the boat will go back in the water and we will be having some fun in the summer sun!

Donna and I (and my Dad one day) went to the Boston boat show. It was great again! It was fun to “shop” knowing that no matter what, you were going to have your boat in the water in a few months. Donna was pretty funny. She decided to “board” the Environmental Police boat. She told them, they boarded us this summer so she felt it was only fair. Check this out…

Next we checked out this new boat we saw on the show floor. It was painted battle ship gray and was like no other boat I had ever seen. It was from a German company and they had already sold a half dozen of them. This was a pretty interesting boat.

We also spent some time on the new Cobalt 46 Yacht. Danny from East Coast Flightcraft had one of the new Yachts and it is beautiful. It was defiantly the princess of the party, the prettiest boat at the show.

Well, this winter I am going for my captain’s license. It is called a 6-PAK and I am pretty excited. I will be blogging about that until we hit the water again. Stay tuned.