Growing up in Oklahoma meant that each spring I would be on the lookout for thunderstorms which might bring tornadoes. We would listen for the sirens and either head to the front porch to look around or head to a safe place and hunker down. Upon moving to Colorado, we would watch the weather…
Last week, Justin wrote praising me in my efforts to tackle the winches. What he didn’t know was that I was saving the oldest and most complicated ones for last. This meant that I had to recruit him and others to help complete the job. The last and final winch had 2 seized screws.…
Last week we had the joy of selling the B*tch off to her new home. If you recall, she earned her name because she didn’t always want to run or keep water out. On Friday, Kraken Sailing delivered our new 10’9″ Aluminum hull Inmar dinghy with a new 15hp Tohatsu fuel injected outboard. She…
When we first bought Nymeria, we also bought another boat. It was an 8’6″ inflatable dinghy with a 4hp outboard. We got it used from our friend to use as our “car” on the water. We didn’t know what we were looking for in a dinghy so with this being really cheap, and since…
Our New Year’s Resolution was to keep up a weekly blog schedule to document our adventures, both the celebrations and challenges. In doing so, we’ve written a lot about our recent adventures and the many upgrades/maintenance performed on Nymeria. What we haven’t done is give you all the details and specs on the boat…
Over the past 2.5 years, we’ve made our adjustments toward living in our tiny floating home. While at the dock, we’ve been busy making both our living and working environments more comfortable and functional. It’s a never ending battle to find space and to stay organized. I keep finding more nooks and crannies to…
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…
We get to play a sort of game nearly every day here at the marina. What is that floating thing? Given the different tides and winds our marina often has some random stuff floating. The sad thing is it is often just trash. With Earth Day this week, its a good time to think…
Living in a marina is an interesting experience to say the least. I’m not sure I can even come up with a good analogy becasue it is so different. My first though was trailer park, but while some of the odd stereotypes are true, its just not right. Maybe suburbs, but that’s not good…
Its been an interesting few weeks hasn’t it? With the world engulfed the pandemic of COVID-19, we find ourselves limited to the confines of home. Well, somewhat anyway. Shannon and I already were fairly self isolated by design. We live on the boat, we work at home, and other than we don’t go out…
