Steve and Karen: The professor and the vixen navigating their 56ft French ketch, Isabella, through the forensic refit and turquoise waters of the Florida Keys ...

We whizzed out on a motorcat, Starfish, to snorkel at the Sombrero Reef. That was so cool! It’s a very popular spot right by the Sombrero Lighthouse and is the ...

We are tearing our new boat apart, sanding the subfloors, repairing a busted Bobstay, and fixing leaks. Meanwhile we did some partying on Cakewalk with our ...

This time on Sailing Intermission, we decided to buy the 56 foot CNSO. Our time on Cakewalk has been fantastic. We have simplified our lives as liveaboards. ...

This time on Sailing Intermission we were back home. WE SOLD OUR HOUSE! One step closer to our adventure. Take a tour of our landlocked home. Karen took a dip ...

We've been so busy selling the house we haven't had hardly any time to sail. This time we danced, motored, replaced a water heater, diagnosed a water pressure ...

We're really close to selling our house. Karen has been hanging baskets and doing some battery water filling. We had a hitchhiker that we can't identify. Help. ...

Night’s red sky, sailors delight Fair winds and calm seas This time on Sailing Intermission we went sailing. Karen did some all over tanning. We tested out ...

Great winds, lots of tacks and finally plenty of warm weather. Steve fixed the knotmeter. We didn’t even have to pull the boat out of the water. Dined on a ...

We went out on Cakewalk. Had a fashion show. Talked about future plans. Had a great time. Didn't crash when docking, haha. Saw some Geese fighting. Thanks to ...

We decided to go racing. There were some delays and we got tired sailing waiting for the start. Once underway we held up our end of coming in last. Cakewalk ...

We had good intentions of going sailing on our Catalina 42. With only 6-7 kts of wind laziness set in and decided to motor around and drift. Had some pickled ...

We repaired the big rip in our mainsail. It was a joint effort as Steve did the stitching and Karen provided juice via the foot pedal. We finished the last ...

This time on Sailing Intermission lots of grinding, tacking and wind. We had some great sailing and continued our interview with Dawn and Joe. Did more sailing ...

A huge thank you to our subscribers. This time on Sailing Intermission we had the good fortune of warmer weather, great winds and the opportunity to meet a ...

A glimpse into our life and premium sailing. We're glad to be back on the water after repairing broken plumbing at the house. Drank some wine. Danced. Had a ...

We did some sanding, tried to make the sump pump work, and installed a boom preventer. There was also a problem at our house. Artic temperatures caused us to ...

This time on Sailing Intermission we came up against big winds. Reminisced about previous boats: Ericson 27, Catalina 30 and Catalina 38. We also did a big ...

This time we washed the cockpit, danced, changed the oil, and tried to figure out how or why boats are abandoned. Drank wine, looked at some stars and the Wolf ...

Lewmar Ocean 40 ST two speed winches need to be serviced annually. With cold, foggy weather and little to no wind what else do you do but DIY projects. We ...

How do you get rid of butterflies in your stomach? Stop eating caterpillars. This time we added international flags to our cargo. Of course, new flags meant ...

Lots of bird action this time. Plenty of wind and we did some incredible leaning. Our DIY project was building a handrail on our dock steps for convenient in ...

Steve got roped into giving Karen a pedicure. With the weather being so cold and rainy we stayed inside our Catalina 42 getting ready for a New Year's Eve ...

This week Steve became a hair stylist and trimmed Karen’s hair. Karen did some more exercising. We tried some sailing in very low winds. A holiday greeting. ...