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! 
To celebrate our actual getting off the dock and down the California coast, Jon kindly bought us drinks – specifically belgian beers – and even suggested a few places to go here in San Diego. Last night we went to Hamilton’s Tavern and enjoyed a few dark Belgians (the brewed kind 🙂 ) Per Jon’s […]
Entries Tagged as 'Funny'
(not) Just another typical Monday night…
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Cheers!!, Debauchery, First Mates, Funny, Somebody likes us, The beginning
100% totally random things I’ve learned about myself and the boat so far
February 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Funny, Life on the Boat, The beginning
– I think the smell of even slightly over-cooked eggs has got to be one of the most repulsive odors ever. (And please don’t make me clean out the leftover dried-up egginess that remains in the pan.) – There are some socks in the world that apparently are just not compatible with my feet and […]
Life as we know it… in San Diego
February 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Adventures in the Dinghy, First Mates, Funny
Tags: outboards·shoe-cruising·the dinghy
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
An undesirable encounter (or Balls to the Walls)
February 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Funny, Life on the Boat, Oh Crap., Our Route, The beginning
At 3:37AM (I know because we have a clock velcroed to the ceiling of the quarterberth) I awoke to an awful sound. A dull, heavy, rolling thudthudthudthudthud echoing through the water. “Matt!” I whispered. “Did you hear that?” and then the dread of every cruiser – “I think our anchor might be dragging.” Seconds later, […]
“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
2010 – The Year of the Bins
January 4th, 2010 · 7 Comments · First Mates, Funny, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
It’s New Years Day and I’m standing in the doorway of our near empty studio apartment looking at Matt. I can feel Matt seething with annoyance as he precariously balances two overflowing cardboard boxes, a paper bag, a blanket, my backpack, and two sets of over-the-door hooks on our little hand cart. “We didn’t have […]
Tags: Bins·downsizing·getting rid of stuff·Marriage·Moving·San Francisco·Woman on a Boat
Sometimes we’re brilliant…
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments · First Mates, Funny, Life Lessons, Stupid Ideas
and sometimes we’re not. For a lawyer and a physicist, the decision to put pizza dough onto a manila folder and load it with toppings before attempting to slide it onto a 450 degree hot pizza stone was certainly not the brightest idea we’ve ever had. I’m even creating a “stupid ideas” category just for […]
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Easily amused
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments · About Money, First Mates, Funny
When you’re trying to save money by not going out, have cancelled your netflix, don’t have a TV and the only books on your shelf are about sailing, you need cheap entertainment…
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