Adventures from beginner sailing courses to our family of 4 + Oliver living aboard a 40′ catamaran, running a business on the vessel, and traveling around the Caribbean.
Georgetown on Great Exuma Island marked a milestone for me. It is a common place for people headed south to either stop and hunker down for hurricane season or to turn around and head back to North America. It … Continued
After crossing the Gulf Stream and making it in and out of Nassau Harbor, the next step on our journey are the Exumas Cays of the Bahamas. Exuma sound has spectacular water colors and ideal sailing conditions. Even with … Continued
The Gulf Stream is well known in Florida and has quite a reputation. It runs northward up the coast at varying distances from shore. The current at the strongest point in the center of the Stream can be up … Continued
We realized early on in the planning process that in order for us to do long passages with our toddlers on board we would need more hands on deck. The first person to come to mind for the job … Continued
“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho We started months ago trying to downsize and clean out the closets. Now that we actually have to be out of … Continued
Maybe it is hard to imagine unless you are living it, but being in a marina yard on “the hard” isn’t much fun. It is very dirty, loud, not very private and you have to climb up and down … Continued
I have been reading blogs from live-aboard’s for years. Even before I ever set this dream into motion, or had children, I wanted to know if the lifestyle could be done with small kids. I was surprised to find … Continued
For Tomas and I this 41′ vessel is a big ass boat! It is all relative though. It is the biggest boat we have ever owned and catamarans are so wide and spacious in comparison with monohulls she feels … Continued
There is a quote that I love about when you set out to build something big, it can be overwhelming and difficult to take the first step when looking at how big the task is. But if you just … Continued
The Negotiations After the survey and sea trial on our prospective 2006 Lagoon 410 sailing catamaran, we made a spreadsheet to help determine our best course of action. We listed all the needed repairs from the survey report, the cost … Continued