Aboard Idilio

This post has been long in the making, at least in our heads. We intend to share more in-depth posts about the larger project that we have tackled on  Idilio , it is just hard to find the time! Well, since I wrote the last entry on the flight to Ireland for our family vacation, I thought I’d build on that momentum and take this one on, in the return leg. Warning: This post may be a bit boring for family and friends, so feel free to skim or skip. But for those who love boats and/or who might consider taking a similar project on, do read on, you may find some value here! This is the abbreviated story of how we bought our boat in October 2021 thinking we’d pay  someone else  to  fix  the windows, but ended up frantically installing new windows in June 2022 just before the boat was picked up for transport to Bayfield. And of how lucky we feel that  somehow  it all actually worked out – because this was hard, but it could have been way worse!   How Bad Were the Windows? The windows on this