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God bless the internet

March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Fellow Cruisers, Fun Stuff, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Somebody likes us, The beginning

For those who may not know, Matt and I met online.  Yes, we are one of the (now) many couples who successfully negotiated through all the lies and faked pictures, were lucky enough to avoid the horror stories, and found the love of our life on WWW.MATCH.COM. Were it not the for the internet, I […]

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Bound for Mexico!

March 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fellow Cruisers, Mexico, The beginning

We stayed an extra day to visit with some Bay Area friends on “Mystic” who left SF just a few days before us and then ended up a few days behind us.  They finally caught up with us here in SD so we had dinner together last night and enjoyed some time with them this […]

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“If you’re not banging your head against something, you’re not doing it right.”

January 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · About Money, Boat Work, Fellow Cruisers, Funny, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning, The Crew

Life on the boat has shifted into high gear this week (and we are planning to go SAILING tomorrow and not just work!!).  PETE arrived on Tuesday night, immediately going into work mode as he tackled the windlass and then custom-designed and built a protective unit for our steering quadrant.  JON arrived on Thursday also […]

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Recent Inspiration

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Fellow Cruisers

Aha!!  We are not the only “crazy” ones….    Please meet my new favorite world adventurers:   www.bumfuzzle.com     (no, I don’t actually know them, but I want to!!)

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Brits Captured by Pirates

October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Fellow Cruisers, Oh Crap., Pirates!, This Could Have Been Us

So,  you think “OK” is code for “For the Love of God, please get us the %^$ outta here!?!?!”    Yacht couple ‘well and being fed’ A British man and his wife kidnapped by armed pirates while they slept aboard their yacht in the Indian Ocean has said they are being treated well. Paul Chandler, […]

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