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We just arrived back from our second summer cruising season. We opted to go cruising in the Keys because we didn’t want the additional immigration hassles testing for COVID-19 in the Caribbean. In 2021, we motored and sailed south from Jacksonville to Key West, back …
We’ve decided that going all-in on the boat is the right path for us. With the boat paid for, the only thing keeping us from cruising full time is…everything else! I got a boat for my birthday this year! Our ability to patiently squirrel away …
If you are letting fear keep you from your dreams of cruising, you’re missing out on an opportunity to leverage it for better performance. I spend a lot of time around boats and their humans. There seems to be a recurring theme that I’ve noticed …
Are we EVER going to go cruising? But, when? My thoughts as we work through our refit list, but don’t get to use the boat much. Okay, at all. Bardo: “the state of existence intermediate between two lives on Earth.” It is obscenely easy to …
If you are in the first phases of boat shopping, you might be thinking, “how do you choose a cruising boat?” Here’s how we broke down the decision. “What boat should I buy?” This question gets floated around on the Liveaboard and Cruising forums every …
The Cosmos/God/The Universe wants you to have an amazing life. The longer you do what someone else expects you to while ignoring your own inner knowing, instincts, and visceral reactions, the longer it will take you to start living your dream. Today, one of my …
How are we adjusting to life aboard our boat now that we’ve spent a little time acclimating to living in a marina full time? We have now lived aboard our Whitby 42 a grand total of five weeks. With the labor of selling off the …
Growing pains should be expected any time you make a significant change to your life. Our first week aboard our boat was a painful experience for us – and the boat! *Naughty words ahead* Bang! “Oww!” Bang! “Oww, dammit!” Bang! “Oww, shit!” Bang! Crash! Screech! …
Can you live on a boat? Sure, as long a hurricane doesn’t get there first. I awoke yesterday with an extreme case of cognitive dissonance. It wasn’t one of those moments when you wake up in a hotel on vacation and you don’t remember where …