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Stories of our adventures, and things.

We recently sailed out to Cat Harbor with two power boater friends. The trip was to be for the weekend and we would meet up at the island and have dinner on our sailboat. The two power boater friends of course motored to the Isthmus because that is the shortest […]

Do Power Boaters Sail to Cat Harbor?

September 26, 2021 in Stories tagged Cat Harbor / Catalina Island by Captain Tom

SBS – Ep. 138 A Very Overdue Update!

May 18, 2021 in Stories / Videos tagged boat repair / sailing / update by Captain Tom

Okay, so we’ve had a few people contact us to ask us where we’ve been and why we have not made videos lately. In our last video just released, we had a bit of a problem while sailing out to the island. Namely, the steering completely failed. Anyway, you can […]

Where The Heck Have We Been??

January 25, 2021 in Stories by Captain Tom

It looks like hurricane Laura is about to slam into the Texas/Louisiana coast this evening. She’s a category four right now but is intensifying. Prayers to all that are sticking around and wishing the best to those that fled! This is from the NOAA site:“Laura has become a very powerful […]

Hurricane Laura and Galveston Live Webcam

August 26, 2020 in Stories by Captain Tom

boat clutter — There comes a time, and probably many, in the lives of all boaters where things have become cluttered to the point where the crew says, “enough is enough!”. That is the point when it is time to start evaluating things to either be tossed or given away. When we moved […]

Boat Clutter – It’s Everywhere!

August 25, 2019 in Getting Ready / Stories tagged clutter / living aboard 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

Anyone that has ever been aboard a boat of any kind knows that boats all have certain smells to them – especially older boats. This is unavoidable. Boats live on the water, and with that comes humidity. Humidity can cause those nooks and crannies to become breeding grounds for molds […]

The Smells of a Sailboat

August 8, 2019 in Stories tagged boat / boat smells / sailboat by Captain Tom

We’ve been asked this question before, and the story behind that question is, at least to us, an interesting one. Everyone that owns a boat has a story behind the name they gave it. Ours is a bit different because it is tied to a book that was written by […]

Why Sail Before Sunset?

June 16, 2019 in Stories by Captain Tom

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!

June 12, 2019 in Getting Ready / Stories by Captain Tom

Sometimes I really wish that we were already out cruising, but when we come home (to our sailboat) and sit in the bow for martini night after a long week, we really have to appreciate how great life can be! Life as we know it has changed so much over […]

Just Another Great Night!

February 9, 2018 in Stories by Captain Tom

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