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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?

August 12, 2019 in Getting Ready tagged electrical / solar by Captain Tom

I have to say that when I plan the work I want to do for the day, the fact that we live aboard and are working on our boat makes it seem more like a hobby as opposed to work. Before we moved aboard full-time back in June, going to […]

A Day in the Life of a Liveaboard Sailor

August 10, 2019 in Getting Ready / Stories by Captain Tom

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

August 4, 2019 in Getting Ready by Captain Tom

Sea of Cortez — This morning something happened – something really strange and really nice, at the same time. We had First Mate’s cousin, Terri, and her captain, Kurt, text us today telling us that he has been so inspired by our story and what we are doing, that he is quitting his job […]

We Inspire People?!?

July 24, 2019 in Getting Ready tagged adventure / Baja / Mexico / sailboat / sailing / Sea of Cortez by Captain Tom

Marina sunset — You just can’t get any better than this. Well, unless you sailed away from the marina and maybe to the Sea of Cortez. But that is our dream!

Just Sayin’

June 28, 2019 in Getting Ready by Captain Tom

A few days ago we partook on the fun task of patching our skiff. Several months ago when First Mate completed the dinghy chaps, I patched a few holes that came from someone that had over-zealously motored our skiff into a dock. The dinghy chaps will help prevent this in […]

Patching the Skiff

June 28, 2019 in Boat Maintenance / Getting Ready tagged repairs / skiff by Captain Tom

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

June 20, 2019 in Getting Ready by Captain Tom

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

June 18, 2019 in Getting Ready by Captain Tom

For now it appears that our settee has been turned into a law office and our vberth has been turned into the file room. All part of the process and how we planned things, so nothing to ruin our day. And at the end of the day we still get […]

Is it an Office or is it a Sailboat?

June 17, 2019 in Getting Ready by Captain Tom

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????

June 13, 2019 in Getting Ready by Captain Tom

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