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Fun times with the Fridge

August 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Boat Work, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts

Before I show you pictures of the beautiful, bizarre Beveridge Reef and this crazy island country of Tonga, and before I depress you with serious posts about the soul-searching I’ve been doing, I thought that I would share with you the less glamorous side of our life….. We are one of the lucky boats that […]

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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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Mess of the Week

February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Boat Work, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning

This time it’s a toss up. In order for Matt to fix the icebox, we had to pull everything out of the quarterberth (our bedroom) and all the stuff we had stored beneath the bed (including all the stuff we had bought at Costco…)    The boat looked like it had just sustained a hard weekend […]

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Mess of the Week

January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Boat Work, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip

The result of Matt’s great efforts to design and build fridge storage for us.  I’m so glad it was storming outside or else I never would have got to experience such an entertaining event as Matt cursing and fighting his way around plexiglass  🙂

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