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 […]
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 […]
We went sailing!
The universe is conspiring. After spending years talking about quitting our jobs, selling all of our possessions, buying a catamaran sailboat (specifically a Lagoon 380, 410 or 420) and taking off on an around-the-world trip, this summer sealed the deal. We went sailing. To be honest, I wasn’t sure how it would feel to sail […]
Sailing…
Matt was supposed to take a sailing certification course next week with our 13 yo son. However, our son decided he didn’t actually want to get certified, or go sailing, so we cancelled the trip. But instead of the company offering a refund for the 5-day liveaboard course for two (which was not cheap), they […]
A Post a Day…
Until We are Under Way! So… I was thinking today… I should probably do something (even if it is just a little thing) every day to work towards our goal of sailing around the world on a boat with our family. In my previous post, Next Steps – I listed 7 things we needed to do […]