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Entries Tagged as 'Learning to Sail'

Full Disclosure – Four Months In

June 19th, 2010 · 21 Comments · French Polynesia, Introspection, Life on the Boat, On Faith, Our Route, Passages, Random Thoughts, Tuamotus

After posting all those photos of these amazing places, is it really fair for me to say that I’m still not convinced this cruising life is all it’s cracked up to be?  🙂 I’m constantly aware that what I post on here, for the most part, really only shows one side of this strange life […]

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Our first 3 days at sea…

February 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Life on the Boat, Our Route

Who says February isn’t an AWESOME month for motoring sailing!?!?!? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!   I still cannot believe that we are actually doing this sailing thing.  For one, our San Francisco departure was particularly unexciting.  We were initially beset by some engine problems and hoped Pete and Matt fixed it, so Wednesday morning when we woke up and […]

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Evolution of Perception

August 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Introspection, Learning to Sail, The beginning, Thoughts on Family

September 2007: The air is warm and fragrant with herbs and fresh bread and, around us, men and women are laughing and sipping their wine, enjoying Napa’s pleasant summer evening.  Matt sits at my side, staring blankly straight ahead, oblivious to the sights and sounds around him.  I, on the other hand, am hyper-attuned to […]

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