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 showed up in Toau just ahead of a low pressure system that was moving through the area. We set our anchor, letting out almost all 250 feet of our rode, but laughingly never getting more than 20 feet from our anchor as we successfully wrapped ourselves around a couple of coral heads. Anyway, we […]
Entries Tagged as 'Life on the Boat'
Reunited with s/v IO (Toau -southern anchorage June 19-22)
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Fellow Cruisers, French Polynesia, Life on the Boat, Our Route, Tuamotus
Tags: Fishing·friendships·Toau
Full Disclosure – Four Months In
June 19th, 2010 · 21 Comments · French Polynesia, Introspection, Life on the Boat, On Faith, Our Route, Passages, Random Thoughts, Tuamotus
After posting all those photos of these amazing places, is it really fair for me to say that I’m still not convinced this cruising life is all it’s cracked up to be? 🙂 I’m constantly aware that what I post on here, for the most part, really only shows one side of this strange life […]
Tags: happiness·Introspection·Learning to Sail·regrets?·who i am·Woman on a Boat
Paradise
May 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Beautiful, French Polynesia, Life on the Boat, Marquesas, Nuku Hiva
I would write more, but right now there is a beautiful loaf of freshly made french bread calling my name, along with a huge chunk of butter, delicious jam and honey, multiple pamplemousse,* and some ridiculously fragrant limes just screaming to be sliced and diced into a margarita. Life in paradise is rough. More updates […]
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, […]
Prepping for the South Pacific & Pacific Crossing – Provisioning Pt.1
April 8th, 2010 · 10 Comments · About Money, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Passages
I still plan to add some more stuff about our spring break down in Tenacatita, but right now, getting ready for our Pacific Crossing is making me really really excited, so that’s what I’m going to write about…. While in La Cruz, we met an awesome younger couple – Mike & Hyo – aboard IO. […]
Tags: groceries·Pacific Crossing·provisioning·Woman on a Boat
God bless the internet
March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Fellow Cruisers, Fun Stuff, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Somebody likes us, The beginning
For those who may not know, Matt and I met online. Yes, we are one of the (now) many couples who successfully negotiated through all the lies and faked pictures, were lucky enough to avoid the horror stories, and found the love of our life on WWW.MATCH.COM. Were it not the for the internet, I […]
Our First Stowaways
March 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Famous Firsts, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Passages
On the way down from Ensenada, we didn’t see any whales or dolphins (argh!! wtf?!?!?), but we had these funky little squids wash up on deck. If I had been thinking quickly, I would have snatched them up and thrown them on a hook to use as fish bait. Alas, they dried up before my […]
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
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
Wind and waves and …. remind me again why we’re doing this??!?!
March 15th, 2010 · 7 Comments · First Mates, Introspection, Learning to Sail, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Our Route, Passages, The beginning
Matt and I have read books and articles about cruising and have tried to talk to those who have gone before us. I have searched the web for cruising blogs and forums and Matt has consulted various websites on his own. Not one of the resources we’ve come across has ever mentioned how horribly uncomfortable […]
Tags: accomplishments·Introspection·who i am·Woman on a Boat