🎶Come sail away with me🎶
Time has just been flying by! Here we are in December and it feels like summer was just yesterday. It could be since it’s been almost 80° this week or that we have been busy hanging out with friends, visiting family and, of course, boat projects. This past summer, we were finally able to…
I Can’t believe that our last blog post was in November 2021. It has been so long! Since then, it seems that we have been both constantly evolving and moving while also standing still. We went more introspective and pulled away from social media, for multiple reasons. We’ve definitely had some ups and downs…
Upon coming back from Utah in June, we started our preparations for getting the boat into full cruising mode. We had, and still have, the plan of leaving Texas waters to Florida and beyond after the2021 holidays. One quick way to get everything ready was to participate in the Harvest Moon Regatta once more.…
“That’s a new noise” I said as we lay in the berth trying to sleep. A few seconds later we hear the noise again. Sounds like something is coming loose. “Is it coming from our boat? Is that the dodger rattling?” Shannon asks. “Sounds like it, but I guess I should go check.” It’s…
Well, Its happening again. One of my favorite upgrades of Nymeria is the battery and electrical system. One of the first upgrades we made was to add four Firefly Oasis batteries (465Ah, 5.58Kwh) . They were and are considered near top of the line for AGM batteries. About a year after install they began…
For those of you who have sailed on Nymeria, we have a tradition of having a glass, or two, of Champagne when we safely make it back to the dock after a sail. It is an Erickson Rule to always have a bottle of Champagne in the fridge and it’s a self-imposed regulation that…
We finally find ourselves back on Nymeria. We’ve been gone nearly eight months. The last three weeks of which has been a spiraling road-trip to get us here. What started as a simple need to get the truck from Utah to Texas turned into quite an adventure. As we were planning the trip to…
Last weekend, we were finally able to gather friends and family to say goodbye to my father, The Bruce. Once again the Erickson luck prevailed. Even though we had planned the event months ago not really know what the status of COVID would be or the typical random spring weather. Last Saturday we were…
I’m excited. Its been awhile since I’ve felt that way, but its true. I’m excited. The last year+ has been hard on us all. For me personally it as been one of, if not the hardest periods of my life. I was already down from the general goings on with the world, in August…
Stood alone on a mountain top, starin' out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, It is all up to me to decide - Bob Segar Since our last post at the end of December, we rang in the new year with cautious optimism and were continuing to make…
