(A shameless plug for selling our beloved boat; not any more). Looking back from the stern, hundreds of miles offshore. No matter how wonderful she is we have reasons for wanting a different boat. Mostly because we’re changing our lifestyle - again, and definitely not to be away from the water. When we are near …
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More Random Boat Stuff
More weird stuff we have set up aboard Fayaway. Maybe a better name would be "tips and tricks" or a second installment of the popular post “Seven doo dads”? For other boaters the ideas might be obvious and not worth pointing out. We can’t claim credit for some, and more likely they’d been acquired or …
Canadian Stepping Stone
Ok folks. Are you sitting down? “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”— Kurt Vonnegut Sailor Kelly and I are taking a year off from living on the water and heading north to friendly Ontario, Canada, to embark on a different adventure - this time via …
Window From Wonderland
A few more notes from a cruiser waiting to depart. A weather window occurs when weather forecasts indicate that a given set of marine operations or offshore construction activities can be performed within their maximum limits for wave height, wind speeds etc. (source: Wikipedia) But first… just a few more thoughts about visiting Bermuda. Fact: …
More Wanderlust?
What's wrong with me? Seriously, what drives this incessant thirst for dropping the hook in unfamiliar coves and then paddling over to introduce ourselves to strangers? (Kelly cringes every time I do this! Stranger Danger!) Nah, I say, overwhelmed with curiosity and thirst for discovering new people, places and things. Like a pilgrimage, we plod …