About Lisa & Del

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We are two 50 somethings (okay, late 50 somethings) that decided to pull our anchor while we still could and go on an adventure. Join us as we take you along from the boat buying experience, to buying in another country, disassembly, hauling, re-assembly and finally, the Great Loop. 

We started talking about this idea many years ago. Let's do an adventure, find a way to disconnect and do something very few people do. I said why not circumnavigate the globe... Well, we needed to pull back as that was a little too big of an adventure.

We did both agree that this adventure should be on a boat. We have owned many cabin cruisers over the years and always loved our vacations where we would not touch land for a week or so. 

We needed to define the when. Lisa had retired a few years back and I was still working full time and traveling around the world for work. I was definitely tired and did not have the same passion towards my job that I once had. Covid did not help, and coming out of it we decided 2024 was the year to make it happen. I retired and we went on a search for the right boat for us. 

We started searching while in Florida, winter of 2023.  We were at Fisherman's Village in Punta Gorda and there was a boat for sale there. It was a Hatteras 50 Sport Deck called Capital Gains. 

I need to clarify that going into this I was pretty sure we would land on a Sea Ray. I love the brand and have worked on them for years and we have owned many over the years. However, once we walked through the Hatteras we instantly fell in love with the layout and the lines. This is a boat, built for living aboard and handling any water you can throw at it. 

Back to Capital Gains though, it was nice and had lots of cool features, but the closer we looked, it was not in the condition we were looking for.  About that time we found the boat we have now online. But it was in Ontario and was land locked... so, I called the broker to see what the story was. Turns out the broker was a real  piece of work, more to come on that later. 

After that we gave up on our current boat for a bit and kept looking. We looked at Sea Rays, Carvers, Ocean Alexanders, Navigators and a few others. We even put an offer on a Jefferson, but the winner went well over asking and I just could not see us doing that.  We liked the carver 530 and 570 Voyageurs, but on all of them the exterior finish was chalky and many had headliners coming down.  The Navigator was awesome, but water leaking around the salon windows scared us off. 

To be continued...  Check the video out on our Youtube channel @TheMysticVenture videos that will start loading in June / July.