Getting Ready

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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Although we’ve done a 50/50 liveaboard in the past, living aboard full-time after closing our office/home has been very different. We ended up renting a storage shed near our property in Arizona and moved all our belongings into it. Now we are aboard full-time and we are really loving it! […]

Our First Week Living Aboard!

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First Mate has been working on our dinghy chaps for about the last five months or so. In her defense, she has been REALLY busy on a few other projects, so this one always took a backseat to the others. It was important, but not enough to move it to […]

Dinghy Chaps!

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We LOVE these nights! We sit on the bow of our boat making plans for what is to come next and the projects we need to finish before we leave. First Mate generally fixes a nice dinner and after our sundowners we sit and talk through our plans. It gives […]

Another Night and a Full Moon

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As we wind down our last six or so months at the marina before we sail away, it strikes me that we are building memories that will last is the rest of our lives. These memories of sitting in the bow of our sailboat listening to Lumeneers and Mumford and […]

Making Memories

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