Last week someone commented on the blog and asked about how living aboard has affected our relationship. As I was typing a response that was getting longer and longer, I decided that it would be a good thing to write a whole post about. There are a lot of factors involved in a good relationship, I cant claim to be […]
I’ve Been wanting a Drone for years. Someday when we get back into making videos it will be great to have. But until then I just get a new toy. To say I’ve been researching extensively is a slight understatement. I’ve been obsessively reading reviews and specs, and watching YouTube reviews of nearly every new drone that is made. Well, […]
It was 8 years ago this week that this sailing bug really hit me. Before that sailing was a thing that I had done on rare occasion with friends on their little sailboats on little lakes in the mountains. I do (barely) remember sailing on my grandfathers boat on Lake Superior, but I was so young im not sure it […]
There comes a time in nearly every boat owners life that they must confront. What should we do with the teak? You can ask 100 sailors what they would do, and get 100 different answers. Answers range from emphatically saying “NO TEAK!” to “You have to lovingly touch up the varnish weekly, its a meditative thing”. Well, we didn’t go […]
Are we dragging? I think we’re dragging. Crap, we’re dragging! The wind was blowing 40+ knots, other boats in the area had started heading home, and we had just started dragging our anchor. This was after we had already settled in for the afternoon and had popped our first bottle of Champagne. After weeks of isolation and boat work, Nymeria […]
