#sailing #livingfree #boatmaintenance I wanted to do some shopping at the popular Colombane market. So the ladies, Chantal and Sorna offered to take me there ...

Why so BLUE | The Victron Overhaul 2.0 Christmas is near and we have a boat filled with little blue boxes. Sadly, none of them have jewelry in them. Welcome ...

#sailing #solosailing #offgrid I needed to upgrade my solar energy system so I set off walking the streets of Dakar alone to find a store named Solar ...

Electrical Fire Disaster | We can't catch a break What a momentous occasion this leg of the trip has been. We finally made it back to where it all began. ...

#solosailing #offgrid #livingfree One of the main reasons I came back to Dakar Senegal was to get my sails repaired and more. I do not have the budget to ...

The New Normal | Learning the ropes of boat life Things will never be the same again. You can’t just pop out for a carton of milk or quick bite with friend. ...

#sailing #solosailing #collision I was motor sailing fast at seven plus knots. I wanted to beat the sunset so I could anchor in daylight. But then I had to ...

Ain't Nothin' Gonna Hold Us Down Before we left the safety and security of our happy marina home in Virginia we thought that we had secured all of our ...

#sailing #offgrid #solosailing We were underway. Just me and Galopin. This would be my first long solo passage. I felt I needed this challenge. To get to know ...

We never expected this! We have been told that everything on our boat is broken, we just don’t know it yet. On that note, we made sure that we went over ...

#sailing #offgrid #livingfree #sailorgirl Meet Marizia, probably the coolest sailor girl ever. We've been friends for a long time, and I asked her if we could ...

We want to take a minute to celebrate with you our first full year as liveaboards on Honu Time. As most of you know who have been with us from the beginning ...

When Dreams Become a Reality! We can’t believe this day has finally arrived! We have been working tirelessly on our 2001 Hunter for the past 11 months with a ...

#sailing #offgrid #roughsea Sailors love to tell their tales, and this is just that. A real life sailor's story told by the sailor who lived to tell it. ...

A Shuck’n Good Time! It has been a dream of our to get the opportunity to go to the Annapolis boat show in the Chesapeake. Josh and I have worked boat shows ...

#sailing #livingfree #roughsea I did not expected it to be so tough, but as it often is when sailing around the Cabo Verde Archipelago, it was genuinely ...

A Hole Lot of Fun! More boat yoga anyone? Now that we are “experts” in fiberglass it’s time to tackle the anchor locker and weakly mounted windlass. The ...

#sailing #lifehacks #livingfree Season premiere of Winded Voyage season 6 starts where we left off last season. Finding refuge from the fierce wind and waves ...

#sailing #offgrid #adventure I’m Alex. I’m not pretty or an accomplished sailor. I don’t have a pension or a deep bank account to rely on. I departed alone one ...

The day has finally arrived. We are scheduled to get back in the water. Just a few minor projects to complete... Wax the hull, install the prop, paint the ...

#sailing #offgrid #livingfree #seasick It's a new year in Mindelo and people are back out on the streets to celebrate as well as aboard Galopin. I get ready ...

I never thought dealing with a hole in the boat could be so satisfying. This week was a true test of DIY with your spouse. We had to coordinate two separate ...

#sailing #offgrid #hitchhikers Galopin and I took on Jonathan, a Belgian boat hitchhiker to sail from Dakar Senegal to Mindelo Cabo Verde. And I spent ...

Now that the fiberglass rebuild work has been completed on the rudder it’s time to start getting the rest of the hull back in shape. We have 685 sq ft of ...