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! 
Cruisers are generally known to be independent and self-sufficient, yet can often have a herd mentality. But, there really is something to be said for traveling with other boats. This passage, for the first time EVER, we sailed within sight and VHF contact of fellow cruisers, and it was fantastic. Although we did have to […]
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A brief note about “Buddy Boating” because it’s Wednesday, and you know what that means… (written Nov. 10 en route to Oz)
November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Cruising Must-Haves, Cruising with Friends, Famous Firsts, Fellow Cruisers, Funny, Passages, Somebody likes us, The End
Tags: buddy boating·Dagmar
A quick note re: Rude Awakenings
August 1st, 2010 · No Comments · First Mates, French Polynesia, Funny, Life on the Boat, Passages, Random Thoughts, This sucks
Obviously, the most noteworthy thing that’s occurred recently has been the moms’ trip to Moorea, which I will post about next. But, I want to quickly jot down something else, just for posterity. Last night, Matt and I slept outside in the cockpit because Jon has been re-finishing the salon sole down below and the […]
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A Day in our Life on the Boat
July 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments · First Mates, Funny, Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts
Most of the time, the things I post on here are just about the places where we’ve been and a few things we did there. It gives a very skewed picture of what our life on the boat is like. I mean to say that our life is really NOT that exciting. I’ll admit, though, […]
Tags: happiness·Inspiration·Introspection·passion & purpose·who i am·Woman on a Boat
This is the Life (A real-time post! Rangiroa, early A.M. July 10)
July 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Adventures in the Dinghy, Famous Firsts, First Mates, French Polynesia, Funny, Oh Crap., Our Route, This sucks, Tuamotus
It’s not often that I get to post something as it’s happening. But, this morning, I got up early and wrote something up because it’s actually kind of exciting for me to share something immediately instead of always having everything be post-dated. So, this is what happened last night and what we are dealing with […]
Tags: Rangiroa·Slurpee McSlurpster
Nightlife on Toau (Toau – northern anchorage/Anse Amyot June 22-30)
July 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Cheers!!, Fellow Cruisers, French Polynesia, Funny, Our Route, Shore Excursions, Tuamotus
The moon shone round and bright in the evening sky and the water sparkled under the stars. We pulled our dinghy up to the short wooden dock, noting that we were the first crew to arrive for dinner. “Are those lobsters?!?!” I asked hopefully, pointing at a table on the porch stacked with spider-like objects. […]
Tags: friendships·happiness·nightlife·Toau
Making “French Toasts”
May 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cheers!!, Debauchery, French Polynesia, Funny, Marquesas, Nuku Hiva
As you can imagine, after 25 days on a little boat out in the ocean, we were quite ready to get OFF the boat and get our feet on solid ground. So, our first day in Nuku Hiva, Matt put the dinghy together and we went into town to get some dinner. After getting some […]
Tags: En Francais·Nuku Hiva
The dolphin that wouldn’t swim with me (in Tenacatita)
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Funny, Life on the Boat, Mexico
“Oh, yeah, Tenacatita is great,” Louis says. “It’s a beautiful little anchorage and if you swim out from your boat a ways, the dolphins will come swim with you.” My eyes light up. “REALLY?!” “Yes!” Laura smiles. “We had two bottlenose dolphins come right up to us when we were there.” A few days later, […]
And on the fourth day, she rested.
March 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · First Mates, Funny, Mexico, Our Route
Today was the first day since we arrived in La Cruz that we had no plans, decided to do NO WORK on the boat, and had no reason to be anywhere other than where we were at the moment. And oh, it was BLISS. We left the boat around 11 and headed straight to the […]
Tags: happiness·La Cruz·relaxation
Our Bundle of Joy
March 17th, 2010 · 6 Comments · First Mates, Funny, Life on the Boat, Passages, Thoughts on Family
In honor of my good friends’ Baby Boy #2 who should be arriving sometime today (yay A&L!!!!!)……………… ———————————————————————————————————————————————- Over the last few years, I’ve watched several of my friends become parents and go through the trials and tribulations and triumphs of raising their babies. And, since Matt and I are hoping to become parents ourselves […]
Tags: babies·Woman on a Boat
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 […]
Tags: accomplishments·Marriage·Mess of the Week·Woman on a Boat