This week we share how we stocked up on food, which initially appeared to be a daunting task. But after having coffee with 2 of the ARC ladies I met in Cape ...
We manage to finish our final fresh provisioning and grab a couple of special beers for the important parts of the passage. We actually leave sight of land and ...
We finally leave La Paz for the last time and make our way towards Cabo San Lucas which is where we will check out of Mexico for good. On the way we take the ...
With only a few days to go before we leave La Paz, Magnus builds a temporary gas locker extension out of pine. This will now mean that we can house the taller ...
There’s so much to do before we head off across the South Pacific to the Marquesas. Bobby takes us to a farmer’s wholesale fresh produce market to pick up some ...
With only four days left to get ready to cross the almighty South Pacific Ocean we head into town to do the last minute shopping. Wendy works on the new ...
How do we go about stocking enough food onboard for more than a month of sailing and ocean crossing? What do we carry on board and how do we preserve and ...
Kevin asked us how we get food and electrical power while we live full-time on our boat. Here's our answer. P.S. We have been having issues with our main ...
This week we share how Petro figured out the storage on our Leopard 45 Catamaran and she came up with a lot of ingenious ways of keeping things organized on a ...
Knock knock! Who's there? Amos. Amos who? Amos-quito! And so this is how it goes in Greenland. Blue skies, striking landscapes, friendly people, and friendlier ...
This week we started to provision for our adventure to the Bahamas. We focused on the non perishable items since we aren't leaving for a few more weeks. This ...
Join us as we get ready to cross the mighty Gulf Stream! Our book: http://www.ladyksailing.com/weve-released-a-book/ http://www.facebook.com/ladyksailing ...
It's the week before we head out on our Atlantic Ocean crossing toward the Azores, and there are still a lot of preparations to do! Going halvsies on a rental ...
Monkey, camel, castles and caves -- from Gibraltar to Tangier -- this episode is colored in contrasts. We climb the rock of Gibraltar and drink a lot of their ...
Things can go really badly when you run over a fishing line. In this episode we get unlucky--or lucky--depending on how you look at the situation. But after a ...
I'm getting ready to head south! The temperatures are hanging out in the low forties, and I'm provisioning and thinking of ways to stay warm on my unheated ...
We are finally sailing to a new destination. But before that I experiment with a new drone. Take out my new crew for a bikini afternoon. Get marked forever. ...
It was a beautiful sail... until we found water in the bilges and the autopilot started screaming, again! The conditions we like to sail in! Plus touring of ...
We restock the fridge before checking out of Bermuda and beginning our solo trip across the Atlantic to the Azores! We find that it is so much more relaxing to ...
Desiree walks through her routine of arriving in a new port-- washing and stowing sails, rinsing the deck and metal fittings on Atticus, grocery shopping, ...
Our first stop after crossing the Bay of Biscay turns out to be one of the most amazing places in Spain. After some fun picking up trash and putting around in ...
This week, we answer a question we receive from Robert: How much preparation do you do for each passage, and do you have assigned roles onboard? Ahead of our ...
Just show up with your toothbrush and set sail! Not so much… Before heading offshore we encounter a few hiccups, but the headaches are worth it. In this ...
Launching Starship Friendship and setting off on our inaugural sail. After months of preparations, days of travel and endless hours obsessing over sailing ...