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! 
When we started this passage, I never thought I would spend almost its entirety curled up in the recesses of the quarterberth or laying on the settee, trying to keep my stomach happy and contained. It’s strange to me that I’ve sailed almost halfway around the world and yet get the worst seasickness on our […]
Entries Tagged as 'regrets?'
Mixed Emotions (written Nov.9, en route to Australia)
November 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Our Route, Passages, Random Thoughts, The End
To Future Cruisers: Plan better than we have…
August 10th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Fellow Cruisers, French Polynesia, Oh Crap., Our Route, Passages, Stupid Ideas, Tonga
I can’t believe I’m writing this, but we are going to be doing ANOTHER LONG PASSAGE. What is the deal?!?! Most people who do this cruising thing try to keep the long passages to the minimum. But, not us! Oh no, we like to just GO. We have barely been sailing for 6 months and […]
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
Perspective
April 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Words to Cling to
If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back immediately. Oy. A good reminder that we’ve got to keep it all in perspective.
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
Cut Off
February 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Introspection, Life Lessons, On Fear, Thoughts on Family
For the last six months, I have said that I would be giving up my cell phone when we finally left California. I figured that it would be nice to have as we went down the coast, where I was sure I’d have good cell service the whole time (thank you Verizon!) Now, we are […]
Tags: Faith·fear·friendships·home·Introspection·regrets?·sacrifice·self-worth·who i am·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
Spoken like a true American.
December 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Life Lessons, Words to Cling to
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain (photo of Syzygy by J5)
In a Funk
November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Introspection, Life Lessons, The beginning, Thoughts on Family
To say that I have spring fever at work is an understatement! To say that I have it at home also makes me laugh. I just cannot focus on anything these days. The reality that our life is about to change significantly feels too overwhelming sometimes. I’m excited about the change, but also sad and […]
Tags: friendships·happiness·Introspection·regrets?·sacrifice