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 are jumping for joy this week! Making progress on voyage preparations (Georgia to Texas) and having success with some of last week’s failures. Thank you to ...

Gremlins on board???? We’re starting to think so as two main DIY projects have yet to be completed. This week has been a bit trying to say the least. The ...

Ever have trouble getting it up? Well, yeah we did. In preparation for our move to Texas, we are checking out all essential systems. One of those being our ...

Wanna get down and dirty; maybe get lucky? Well, that’s what Karen asked Steve as she tried to get him to take a break from working in the owner's cabin. The ...

Oh no, holes in the boat! It always makes us very nervous to cut holes into Isabella even if they are above the waterline. Yet, that's what it takes to ...

Real nasty...yep, that was Isabella’s deck before washing. Now it’s sparkling clean after a good scrubbing. Burmese teak is getting harder and harder to find ...

What is more sexy than a beautiful woman and friends of the sea? Dolphins swim close by while Steve reads poetry and Karen exercises. Life on Isabella is full ...

A nostalgic look back at the last several years living on Isabella from the Florida Keys up through Georgia. A similar version was posted in Patreon some time ...

savannah, galveston, dance, bikini, garmin, seductive, chartplotter, crab, elissa, tallship We are on S/V Isabella a Super Mikado 56 manufactured in France by ...

New bikinis, new fender, what else is new this week on Isabella? We are on S/V Isabella a Super Mikado 56 manufactured in France by C.N.S.O. (Constructions ...

Are we swingers?...the truth comes out in this episode. No spoiler alert here, you’ll just have to watch the video to find out if we swing. Lots of action, the ...

Yea! In the last episode we left a stubborn pin and bolt on the Meissner winch soaking. The pin prevented the removal of a bolt which held in some of the ...

Karen’s grinding on a winch, or at least trying to as it is stiff and hard. Our 32ST-58 Meissner winch on the port side of the boat is way too stiff. Steve ...

Karen is jumping rope again much to Steve's delight. We decided to dance to some Blues and discussed other reasons to live or not to live on a sailboat. We ...

We've left Isabella and are becoming dirt dwellers, swallowed the anchor, and moved to the hard. Well...not really. You know living on Isabella is a joy for us ...

Why would you not want to live on a sailboat? Watch this episode of Sailing Intermission and find out the top 10 reasons Karen and Steve find problematic about ...

Why would you live on a sailboat? Watch this episode of Sailing Intermission and find out the top 10 reasons Karen and Steve live on Isabella. We’ve been doing ...

We're still doing some painting. Boring! It does look nice when finished though. Karen's painter outfit makes Steve's putter flutter. Some great friends ...

DIY easy docking, dolphins, dancing, generator woes, and tall ship It’s a real stretch to reach dock lines when coming into our slip. Solution...build an ...

Goofy jokes, more painting, a secret, broken generator, dancing, several comments Previously took Isabella out for a spin and turned her around at the dock so ...

It’s a hull of a job, but it’s time to turn Isabella around so we can work on her starboard side. A few episodes ago, Steve polished and painted her green ...

Returning from our California trip we had a DIY project waiting for us. The Dometic reverse cycle air conditioner unit that was ordered came in early while we ...

Dancing, Harbor Seals, DIY, Birds, Beach, La Jolla Still having problems with the Northern Lights generator. It starts but will stop unless the glow plug ...