We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Woman on a Boat'
The Honeymoon Begins!
February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Famous Firsts, First Mates, Introspection, Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning
Tags: Introspection·Marriage·passion & purpose·soul-searching·who i am·Woman on a Boat
Hey Kids! This is better than TV!!!
February 23rd, 2010 · 8 Comments · Famous Firsts, Funny, Learning to Sail, Life on the Boat, The beginning
Ok, so not quite, but this sailing stuff is at least more interesting than Jersey Shore, right?!?!?!? Anyway: I thought I’d share a few of our “firsts” for those who love us and so I can remember them next month when, I hope, we’ll already be old hats at all this stuff 🙂 (HAHAHA) – […]
Tags: accomplishments·How to Cruise·Pete & Ray·Woman on a Boat
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 […]
This sailing stuff is easy!
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning
Tags: first 3 days·Woman on a Boat
We’re Off!!*
February 10th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Our Route, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
Hopefully, by the time most of you read this, we will be far away from Emeryville, completely FREE of our slip, and making 6-8 knots downwind, beginning our grand adventure. If this miracle happens, I probably won’t post for a few days – well, no guarantees – because we are going to try and sail […]
Tags: friendships·San Francisco·thankful·winter·Woman on a Boat
Sooooooooooooo close
February 8th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Boat Work, Oh Crap., Preparing for the trip, The beginning
We are this close to finally pulling out of the slip, away from the dock, out under the Golden Gate and into the big blue sea. But, today, as we were heading over to Berkeley to fill up on diesel fuel, our engine started overheating *again*. We thought the problem had been fixed a while […]
Tags: frustrations·Woman on a Boat
Some days
February 4th, 2010 · No Comments · About Money, Boat Work, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning, This sucks
Some days I cannot believe I’m actually LIVING on a sailboat – me, who spent her childhood flying around and driving around, but rarely setting foot on a boat and only hanging out on a sailboat ONCE during my first 25 years of life. And some days (like today), I cannot believe how much being […]
Tags: Woman on a Boat
“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 […]
Tags: Jon·Pete & Ray·Woman on a Boat
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 […]
Tags: baking·Domestic Goddess·friendships·home·storms·tidbits·weather·Woman on a Boat