Category: Boat Life

Too Much Fun

We realize that it has been far too long since we posted anything.  Basically, we have been having too much fun to update the blog, and taking time to inform you of the fun is less fun.  However, we will make an effort to get some posts out in the near future.

Read More

Passages

“Everything on the boat is either salty or sandy…or both”, Andy commented as we deflated the dinghy in Grand Turk.  He was exaggerating a bit; there was only a little sand in the cockpit and almost none down below.  The interior of the boat was pretty dry as well.  The sand in the dinghy was […]

Read More

It’s About Time

Many aspects of life are delimited by time. This is no less true while cruising. In fact, there are some extra time related elements to consider. It has occurred to me that there may be people confused by some of our time stamps. I will take this opportunity to explain time as it exists in […]

Read More

My Metamorphosis Into a Cruiser

I feel that I’m getting into the rhythm of offshore sailing. Andy takes the first night shift from 9-2 or so and then I get the early morning hours. The best thing is getting to see both the sunset and the sunrise. We’ve seen the green flash before, but it’s always magical nonetheless. There is […]

Read More

In The Beginning, We Learned Many Things

Our departure was fairly uneventful, and we like it that way.  Unfortunately, we missed getting to see Jess at the Galveston Yacht basin, but we were otherwise fine with slipping out of Galveston Bay with little fan fair or excitement. That’s not to say we didn’t have a great departure.  A small pod of dolphins […]

Read More

Our Initial Departure

The best laid plans and all that.  Despite claiming that we would not allow boat projects to delay our departure, we are leaving three days after our initial date.  To be fair, it’s not all due to boat projects.  But the frame for the solar panels was certainly NOT seaworthy. After the initial plan to […]

Read More

The Storm Before the Calm

It started exactly three weeks before our planned departure date.  My stress levels elevated along with anxiety.  It seemed like every day I worked all day long, only to realize the list was longer at the end of the day than at the beginning.  In the process of completing one job, we remembered two (or more) […]

Read More