Category: Sailing

            Doing what we do, weather is ever-present on our minds. It can make the difference between a comfortable passage or one straight from hell. We do our best to make sure we stay comfortable, but sometimes Mother Nature has had something else in store for us. In other cases,…

We left Fort Lauderdale and took a 2-day sail up to Georgia. We had intended on stopping in St. Augustine, Florida – location of a Spanish settlement from the 1500s – but we were going too fast due to the Gulf Stream – at one point we were going 9.8 knots with the help of…

After spending 7 months outside the U.S., we are back in our home country. We had to clear back in by going to the Customs and Border Protection office in person. We should have just been able to make a phone call to let them know we are back in the U.S. and give them…

We have some advice for you. If you plan to go to the Bahamas, make sure you spend more than 4 weeks there because you won’t see a fraction of what it has to offer. We know, because during our cruise we heard about countless “don’t miss” spots that we, well…missed! What we did see, we loved.…

  I never thought about the fact that I would be entering a new subculture when we left San Francisco 8 months ago.  Cruisers – the people who live on their boats (not the 70’s lifestyle) – have a subculture all their own.  Certain things are taboo (don’t run a loud generator in a quiet anchorage…