Happy New Year – Six Months Living on a Sailboat!
Holy cow. Six months. That’s how long we have lived aboard. We moved aboard our catamaran sailboat a little over six months ago, on June 20, 2016. And we are starting 2017, a brand new year, as “liveaboard cruisers”! The past six months have been good/ bad/ happy/ cranky/ hot/ wet/ fun/ tedious/ hilarious/ trying/ […]
Thunderbolt and Lightning, Very Very Frightening
I hear someone say lightning and I used to immediately play the Queen lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody in my head….“Thunderbolt and lightning, Very, very frightening me. Galileo. Galileo, Galileo Figaro Magnifico-o-o-o-o.” Now, it’s a completely different response. I get a shudder down my spine and a cringe. You guessed it, this is the long awaited lightning post, where you […]
2016 Gulf Crossing – The Journal, Day Six
Wow! This is the last day of our crossing the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida. Feel free to start at the beginning, or wherever you left off: Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Day Four, and Day Five. Day Six (Thursday): Our Best Day of Sailing! Michelle: Florida was in sight! Cell phone […]
2016 Gulf Crossing – The Journal, Day Five
Day Five of our Crossing!! If this is the first day you are reading… you might want to start at the beginning… Day One, Day Two, Day Three, and Day Four are all ready for you! Feel free to start there and come back! Day Five (Wednesday): Let’s Sail! Michelle: As the sun came up, we were giddy that […]
2016 Gulf Crossing – The Journal, Day Four
Make sure you’re caught up on Day One, Day Two and Day Three before you read Day Four below. Day Four (Tuesday): DOLPHINS! Matt: Today was just hot. There was absolutely no wind. The wind vane would just spin around from the motion of the boat instead of the wind. The seas were like glass. Michelle: Matt […]