Crossing the Gulf of Mexico – Part One
I wanted to write about our crossing the Gulf of Mexico shortly after we made landfall but of course, work and life got in the way. I’m just now finally getting a chance to go back through the ships logs and looking at pictures again and it’s so much fun reliving it all. It was […]
What’s in a name?
When you talk to sailors and ask if it is appropriate to rename a boat, you are likely to get many different answers. They usually fall into two main categories: 1) No, definitely do not do it, it is bad luck…and 2) It does not matter, rename away. First, let me explain why the first […]
We survived Sail School!
WARNING: THIS IS THE LONGEST POST EVER. I’ve been dreading writing this post. Mostly because I didn’t want to be re-traumatized by the week aboard our new-to-us boat. But for your entertaining pleasure, I will recap the week. Background – we are still undercover on the whole “we are quitting our jobs to sail around […]
Cheers!
It’s official. The boat is ours. We took possession on Friday, August 7. I feel like I should have done a better job at documenting everything, but it has been an exhausting last couple of weeks. I’m going to write a few posts to capture everything that happened/is happening now. For this blog post – It […]
Crapping my pants
We leave in three days. We will fly from Austin, TX to Fort Lauderdale, FL to pick up our boat. OUR boat. Eeeekk!! It is actually happening! And now that we are this close, I’m crapping my pants.