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! 
We are still in Fiji and have accumulated 3 new people. Jon’s friend A and our friends G&A flew out from the states to be with us for a couple of weeks. We’ve been having a great time – enduring rolly anchorages, watching dolphins play at the bow, snorkeling, eating at beautiful resorts, hiking with […]
Entries Tagged as 'The Crew'
*F*un *I*n *J*ungle *I*sland
September 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cruising with Friends, Fiji, Life on the Boat, Somebody likes us, The Crew
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Celebrating 4yrs (!) with drinks, hermit crabs & fish in Apataki (July 1-7)
July 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cheers!!, First Mates, French Polynesia, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Our Route, shoe-cruising, Shore Excursions, Somebody likes us, The Crew, Tuamotus
After spending a week in Northern Toau (Anse Amyot), the longest we’ve stayed in one spot since Nuku Hiva, we were ready to go. Actually, we were ready to go by about day 5, but the weather (as previously noted) was not cooperating. Finally, it cleared up enough that we could cut loose from the […]
Fakarava (June 15-19)
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · French Polynesia, Our Route, shoe-cruising, The Crew, What I'm Reading
Coming from the isolated, spectacular private paradises we found in Tahanea and Makemo, Fakarava was a bit like waking up in New York City – great in its own right, but a bit of a shock to the system. BUT – the atoll has internet. and hamburgers. and a store with delicious canned butter. and […]
Spring Break
March 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Mexico, The Crew
Jon, one of the other boat owners, arrived from Colorado on Saturday to spend his spring break with us. He showed up with two enormous bags of goodies for Matt and the boat. It was like Christmas… if you count windvane parts, new hose, and mast track cars as presents. But, Jon brought some *truly* […]
Tags: side trips
Hanging out in Catalina
February 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Our Route, The beginning, The Crew
After another day or so of motoring and floating around the (currently) aptly named Pacific, we motored into Two Harbors at Santa Catalina Island. We initially tried to anchor outside of Cherry Cove, which brought back fun memories of a college Intervarsity Retreat, but ended up in Little Fisherman’s Cove, a short dinghy ride away […]
Tags: Pete & Ray
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 […]
“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
The Good, the Bad and the $740 we spent at Costco
December 27th, 2009 · No Comments · About Money, Preparing for the trip, The beginning, The Crew
First things first, a belated Merry Christmas to all!! We had a great Christmas with my mom down in Bako but were a bit sad that we missed the WHITE CHRISTMAS in New Jersey. We’ve spent the last two Christmases with Matt’s family in NJ and, each time, I’ve begged and pleaded with the Big […]
Tags: food·groceries·happiness·Holidays·regrets?·San Francisco·Woman on a Boat
We have a crew!
November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · First Mates, Preparing for the trip, The beginning, The Crew
I haven’t gone into too many details about WHO will be going on the sailing trip with us other than me and Matt because, honestly, that question brings up so many complicated issues and we didn’t really know and we still sort of don’t know who the crew will be for the majority of the […]
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Love is in the Hair
September 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Boat Work, First Mates, Our Route, The Crew
These last few days, there’s been love in the hair. Yes, you read that right – love in the hair. Specifically, my hair and Matt’s hair, and the “love” looks and feels very much like paint primer because that’s what it is. What it represents, though, is my willingness to work on the boat and […]
Tags: Marriage·Woman on a Boat