Getting Ready

The question that everyone that is going for extended cruising/voyaging asked at some point in their planning. How much is enough? You can never really have too much, but not having enough can be a real pain. Below is a screen shot of a spreadsheet I created to help me […]

How Much Solar?

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As with all sailors, we have to be flexible when making plans. The whole point of moving aboard and planning our sailing careers is that we no longer have to adhere to a schedule, so if we change our minds about sailing here or there, it’s okay! Our original plan […]

The Plans Change

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Some of our most enjoyable times aboard have been spending our evenings sitting on the bow of our boat and having sundowners while we talk about our sailing plans. This is our special place and these are special times. We’ve spent endless hours here and talked and researched. In just […]

Ah, the Bow of the Boat

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More impressions from our first month aboard… You know, you really do tend to lose track of time when you’re living aboard. First Mate and I have to continually remind ourselves what day it is. If it weren’t for our business calendar, we’d have no idea! When we moved aboard, […]

Days Melting Together

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We’ve been pondering this question for a few months now. After we solidified our plans to close the office and move aboard, we realized that there were events in our calendar that were going to prevent us from just sailing into the sunset. Still, we needed to make plans for […]

Well… When are we Leaving????

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