Saltwater Suzi and Cap'n Larry's advice for the cash-starved boater
About Us
Soon we will be installing dinghy davits (purchased for free), radar (purchased for ten bucks.)  These will be added to the 'how-to's' as we get them done.     

Because the authors of this website are cruising sailors and live-aboards, the information we offer is obviously skewed toward this area.  However, most of the information will pertain to you whether you are a power boater or sailboater, a weekender or a long term cruiser, a boater ‘wannabe’ or very experienced, an inland lake boater or coastal or ocean sailor.

We welcome input, suggestions, and corrections from viewers of this site.  We realize that we aren’t perfect and we will sometimes make errors.  With this in mind, if you are new to boating, make sure that this website is not your only source of information, especially regarding safety and rules of the road.  We will make every effort to insure that the information provided on this website is accurate, however, we can not be held responsible for any mishaps which may occur as a result of any errors which may creep into this website.  Please don't sue us.  Our pockets aren't that deep.  It wouldn't be worth it. 
We are Susan and Larry MacDonald, known far and wide as Saltwater Suzi and Captain Larry.  We have lived aboard and cruised our 1977 Morgan Out Island 41  since 1997.  We have done extensive upgrades on our boat including remoldeling the interior (see photos on this page), replacing the engine, making all our own canvas and cushions,  insulating the interior,  installing reverse-cycle heating and air conditioning. (17,000 BTU's purchased  used  for  $125),  re-
wiring (both DC and AC), installing auto-helm (purchased for free), installing refrigeration, new stove, water heater, bilge pumps, hard bimini, heads, pumps, replaced headsail furler (free), and much more.
The Main Salon - new cushions by Suzi, carpentry by Larry.  In this photo, only the fiberglass overhead and part of the bulkhead behind the blue picture are original.
The "Bar" / Freezer Refrigerator when we get around to it we'll put up a page to show how this was built.
The V-berth - all cushions and pillows made by Suzi.  The pillow shams (part of our stowing ideas page) hold all the bedding - custom made sheets, blankets, and a mint for the pillow.
More V-berth - here you can see the ceiling Larry built (with varnish applied by son-in-law Will).  Behind the ceiling are three layers of insulation, which project you can see in our "Insulating the Boat" page.