A couple of months ago we were loading up into the dinghy after a walk through St Michaels MD. The walk had been successful and we were able to find both milk, and a new sticker for our water cooler. A kind lady watched us load up and commented “wow, you sure fit a lot…
Narrowly missing being hit by boats (and docks) adrift in 50 knot winds, no drinking water, and five cases of covid. They told us life aboard wouldn’t be easy, and we believed them, but all of that has happened in the last 24 hours. It all started with a mouse. We made our…
Hey, can you come up here? Somethings on the anchor chain and it’s freaking me out. Hmm. Not something that I wanted to hear just then. It’s six am, and it is still pitch black out. We are pulling up our anchor in Charleston for an 11-hour cruise to Hilton Head, and we need to…
Nothing is worse than realizing that you lack depth. Especially when you have your life savings invested in a sailboat that you’re living on with your family, and your depth sounder suddenly stops working. Even worse is if you’re in an area that the charts mark as “shoals”. “Shoals” is shorthand for: the…
Today I wet the bed. The worst part is that it wasn’t the first time. The last time was a few months ago in the Bahamas while we were running away from a nasty squall. That time was really embarrassing, because I wet the boys’ bed, not my own. When you share a small…