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Entries Tagged as 'First Mates'

Our Bundle of Joy

March 17th, 2010 · 6 Comments · First Mates, Funny, Life on the Boat, Passages, Thoughts on Family

In honor of my good friends’ Baby Boy #2 who should be arriving sometime today (yay A&L!!!!!)……………… ———————————————————————————————————————————————- Over the last few years, I’ve watched several of my friends become parents and go through the trials and tribulations and triumphs of raising their babies.  And, since Matt and I are hoping to become parents ourselves […]

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Wind and waves and …. remind me again why we’re doing this??!?!

March 15th, 2010 · 7 Comments · First Mates, Introspection, Learning to Sail, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Our Route, Passages, The beginning

Matt and I have read books and articles about cruising and have tried to talk to those who have gone before us.  I have searched the web for cruising blogs and forums and Matt has consulted various websites on his own.  Not one of the resources we’ve come across has ever mentioned how horribly uncomfortable […]

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Let the hazing begin – an initiation to the cruising life

March 14th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Famous Firsts, First Mates, Funny, Life on the Boat, Oh Crap., Passages, The beginning

Hello world!!!  We just arrived in La Cruz, Mexico after NINE FULL DAYS out at sea.  I can’t believe we managed to stay out so long.  All in all, it was relatively uneventful although we did encounter a small storm in the first couple of days.  The overwhelming feelings for the first 6 days were […]

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(not) Just another typical Monday night…

March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Cheers!!, Debauchery, First Mates, Funny, Somebody likes us, The beginning

To celebrate our actual getting off the dock and down the California coast, Jon kindly bought us drinks – specifically belgian beers – and even suggested a few places to go here in San Diego.  Last night we went to Hamilton’s Tavern and enjoyed a few dark Belgians (the brewed kind 🙂 )   Per Jon’s […]

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Life as we know it… in San Diego

February 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Adventures in the Dinghy, First Mates, Funny

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The Honeymoon Begins!

February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Famous Firsts, First Mates, Introspection, Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning

Matt and I were married in October and even though we had a fun road-trip from CA to NJ and then had a nice relaxing three days at a beach spa/resort (thanks again Aunt Arlene & Tom!), we didn’t have a “real” honeymoon.  Those other get-aways were somewhat negated by the stress and craziness of […]

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Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz to Catalina

February 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · First Mates, Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning, The Crew

Because Pete and Ray didn’t have much time left with us and the wind wasn’t cooperating for a fast trip to, well, anywhere we wanted to go, we decided to head from Santa Barbara over to Santa Cruz island just across the channel.  We ended up motoring most of the way, but it was a […]

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A Tale of Two Loves

January 26th, 2010 · 7 Comments · First Mates, Loss of a Parent, Thoughts on Family

On March 16, 2004, my dad died.  He had a short battle with pancreatic cancer.  Thankfully, we got to spend time with him before he died but, of course, it wasn’t enough. The hardest part of his death has not been, surprisingly, accepting his death, but rather my failing memory – my inability to remember […]

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Tidbits

January 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Boat Work, First Mates, Funny, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning

* It was pretty stormy here the last couple of nights.  Well, as stormy as the bay area can get seeing as how there’s never any lightning or thunder or crazy wicked thunderheads… so by “stormy” I mean windier than normal with a little bit of rain.  Anyway, it was our first time sleeping in […]

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BOAT TOUR!

January 11th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Boat Work, First Mates, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning

I know it’s hard for most people to imagine how we live in such a *ridiculously* small place.  I just measured the boat (i.e. I asked Matt) and our living space is effectively 30 feet long by 12.5 feet wide.  Yeah – it’s small.  I know that tonight probably isn’t the best time to take […]

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