Cruising the CARIBBEAN has lots of UPS and DOWNS, sometimes ALL AT ONCE! As we make headway with some recent BOAT ISSUES, we maybe get a little cocky. What ...

Over a YEAR ago, our GENERATOR became a $15,000 PAPERWEIGHT. Now, tons of STRESS and WAY too many $$$ later, the saga finally concludes. The difficult ...

We've had WEEKS of random DIFFICULTIES followed by some BAD LUCK, all of which have ADDED to already growing EXPENSES. These things happen to everyone, and ...

Things can get DICEY when anchoring next to MEGA YACHTS and CRUISE SHIPS. But it's NOT always PRISTINE anchorages and remote, desolate BEACHES that define the ...

2 PRIMARY ASPECTS make this life enjoyable. And BOTH things FEED each other to keep this crazy life working. Without ONE, the other suffers and vice versa. ...

SAILING PURISTS often look at CRUISING with a slight air of DISDAIN, especially when that cruising involves MOTORING. How much motoring is too much? When do ...

As humans we're often GUILTY of TAKING LIFE FOR GRANTED. Even though we live this life to escape that cycle, it still gets its grips on us sometimes. But ...

After our CIRCUMNAVIGATION of PUERTO RICO, we realized a LOT of our favorite memories never made the cut. But WE still thought you might want a look at them. ...

Cruising FULL TIME entails lots of factors and TONS of DECISIONS that dictate our DAILY MOVES. But there's one VERY complicated factor that is and OBSESSION ...

Our SMALL FAMILY has been sailing FULL TIME in the CARIBBEAN for 2 YEARS now. After hurricane season in PUERTO RICO, it's time to move EAST for ROUND TWO! We ...

After THREE MONTHS of marina life, travels home, and the ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOW, it's finally time for us to leave the CUSHY COMFORTS of marina life. But after ...

Not being able to go HOME for 2 YEARS has TAKEN a TOLL. Now it's time for a whirlwind visit to the states including OLD FRIENDS, FAMILY, and all our favorite ...

Creative people have a NEED to SHARE. When we set off to SAIL the WORLD, we wanted to "bring along" our friends and families. Thus, YOUTUBE. This is an ...

It's been a LONG TWO YEARS at times, and we're finding ourselves WORN DOWN and a little weary of the demands of this crazy life. Can a couple months in a ...

As a BATTERY threatens to EXPLODE and TWO TROPICAL STORMS approach our marina in PUERTO RICO, we start to ponder the LUCKY vs. GOOD proposition. We try our ...

We're usually about LESS RULES in this lifestyle, but there's ONE we really try to stick to. But as we RUSH around the NORTHERN COAST of Puerto Rico, in and ...

Sailing the UNBEATEN Path AND the WRONG WAY during hurricane season means we're truly ALONE out here much of the time. And some of our destinations have ...

COME SEE US in the YOUTUBE CREATORS BOOTH! We'll be MEETING and GREETING for at least an hour every day. We're on our way now to the big show and can't wait ...

REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK. After 2 1/2 years OFF the GRID, we find ourselves immersed in CROWDS and CITY LIFE for the first time since the onset of THE GLOBAL ...

Sailing the daunting NORTH COAST of PUERTO RICO en route to SAN JUAN (our favorite Caribbean city as it turns out) we think back to our ORIGINAL plans for our ...

He used To SING for a LIVING...now it's for our FRIENDS! THIS MEANS YOU! This is our 2ND ANNUAL (though not limited to) DECK CONCERT, with Captain ERIC DOVE. ...

He used To SING for a LIVING...now it's for our FRIENDS! THIS MEANS YOU! This is our 2ND ANNUAL (though not limited to) DECK CONCERT, with Captain ERIC DOVE. ...

Well, we're in AMAZING PUERTO RICO. We haven't been to the US in OVER 2 YEARS, but now it's starting to feel like WE'RE BACK! Puerto Rico has a hugely ...

Even though sometimes SIMPLE THINGS are NOT SO SIMPLE, we do our best to EMBRACE the simple life....and USUALLY succeed. This week we celebrate the Captain's ...