Weather Helmed

an adventure in renewing the spirit and living the dream…on a sailboat

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February 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Introspection, Life Lessons, On Fear, Thoughts on Family

For the last six months, I have said that I would be giving up my cell phone when we finally left California. I figured that it would be nice to have as we went down the coast, where I was sure I’d have good cell service the whole time (thank you Verizon!) Now, we are […]

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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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30 Day Notice

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · First Mates, Preparing for the trip, The beginning

Today I sent in our rent along with our 30-day notice that we’ll be moving out at the end of the month!  We are no longer counting down months, we’re counting the DAYS!

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