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! 
Vava’u is beautiful. We arrived fairly late in the day, dropping anchor in the lingering moments after sunset in a small cove just shy of the main port of Neiafu. I woke up the next morning and instantly fell in love with Vava’u – birds singing and chirping, clear blue water, and lush green tropical […]
Entries Tagged as 'Boat Work'
Neiafu, Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga – a break from the sea (sort of)
September 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Beautiful, Boat Work, Our Route, shoe-cruising, Tonga
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 […]
Tags: Mess of the Week·provisioning
Maybe this is a little TOO honest….. FULL DISCLOSURE: one month in
March 24th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Boat Work, Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Oh Crap., Stupid Ideas, The beginning, This sucks
“What if I told you, Karen , that you couldn’t have anymore of anything… No more friends, no more money, no more anything, until you first got happy with what you have? Actually Karen , I’d never tell you that, because frankly, it’s not always true. But, if you’re not happy with what you’ve got, […]
Tags: happiness·Introspection·regrets?·sacrifice·who i am·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
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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“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
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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Hey Baby, what’s in your ditch bag?
January 18th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Boat Work, On Safety, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
Because I’m of relatively little use to Matt for the boat projects he’s currently working on (unless you count lounging around half-naked in an apron as “helping”), I’ve had to look into other ways I can prepare us for our imminent departure. One of the things every cruising boat needs is a “ditch bag.” This […]
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