Our new season starts ... now! We had left our boat in St. Augustine for the summer, and for Hurricane Ian. After all that time away, what will it be like to come back to our boat? Will she be in one piece? Will we be happy to get back? How will our daught...
We have 27 year old teak on our boat Paradox, and it was in need of some serious TLC. We didn't want to varnish it (too time consuming and too much maintenance), and we didn't want to use cetol - we really liked the look of raw teak, just not how much it s...
What does a typical week look like for us? Sometimes it’s paradise. Other times it looks something like this… dodging a hurricane as it ravages the Florida coast, and then coming back to a boat project to fix the major necessity that is our fridge. Lif...
As cruisers, we can sometimes get bogged down in all of the details and projects that go into preparing a boat to go sailing for a season. But when it comes down to it, you need to make sure your mast will stay up, your sails will stay on, water will stay ...
Our time had come to finally set off and start our 4th season! It’s time to leave St Augustine, shake the dust out of our sails, and get back to living our life on the water.
Come sail with us on our shakedown cruise as we make our way from St. Augustin...
Our cruising season is well underway! We had made it to South Florida where we ogled mega yachts and mega mansions. But our goal was simple - GET TO THE BAHAMAS! So we didn't take our timing window shopping.
However, we did have a decision to make. Should...
Our Firefly batteries failed. Completely. We woke up after crossing from Florida to the Bahamas to hot floor boards and batteries that were threatening to explode. It's the end of a long saga for us and these batteries...
Luckily, the solution was simple...
AHHH the Bahamas. We are back and it feels oh, so good. But now the decision is, do we stay north and leisurely explore, or b-line it to where our friends are? We opt for a compromise and get down to our gang of buddy boats just in time to celebrate Cat a...
Where are the kid boats? This is the most common question that we see. And the answers tend to be "Georgetown" or "Grenada". But this year, we couldn't believe it when a small island in the middle of no-where became ground zero for families sailing with th...
Sometimes you blink and a year has passed. Other times, it seems as though time is moving at a snail's pace. For us, right now, slowing down time is the biggest gift that sailing as a family has given us.
In this episode, we luxuriate in the lazy days of...
We recently upgraded the solar on our sailboat by installing a 330W Xantrex Solar Max panel on top of our bimini canvas.
This video showcases:
- Why we chose a Xantrex Solar Max Panel
- Why we chose to mount it onto our bimini
- How we installed the panel...
What does life really look like when you live full time on your sailboat with a 3 year old? Well that depends entirely on the day.
In this video, we give you a raw look at one of our typical "weekend" days - filled with the daily chores one must do when t...
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