The crew finally crosses the equator and is back in the northern hemisphere! The shellbacks (Brian and Brady) put the pollywog girls (Phoebe, Karin, and ...

Having zero knowledge or experience with sailing, or even how to furl in the head sail, we bought a yacht in Italy.. we plan to circumnavigate the globe ...

House vs boat part two, let me know of more ideas and I will post a part three  Here is all the rest of information of where to find us! :) Want to leave ...

Here is part one of the differences between a house and a boat, if you have any more, leave them in the comments and I will make Part Two Here is all the rest ...

Today I left my marina in Richmond and travelled down the Fraser River, across the Straight of Georgia, through Active Pass and finally to Ganges which is ...

Norna is back in the water! We moved her over to a dock to start moving back aboard. Feels good to be home! :) Visit my website PaperSailor.com and maybe buy ...

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The Leeward islands were amazing! We had met a rasta family who lived in an almond tree. They had shown us the many edible flora and fauna around the island, ...

We riveted in a new heart cypress plank into Nornas bottom. I wanted to capture some of the work Pete does, as he is a great carpenter and woodworker. He is ...

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This is the updates on the paint and some of the fun stuff we are doing while the boat is getting tented. We used Behr water based house paint to paint the ...

We moved off of Norna for about a month in order to do some heavy work aboard. We needed to paint and varnish Norna inside. A plank needed to be replaced on ...

Here is the beginning of the haul out on Norna. We usually would haul out every winter with our wooden sailboat in Florida. We had a copper sheathed bottom on ...

The crew leaves Sorong behind and goes searching for the village of Waisai. We get lost in the middle of no where but find a sweet spot to hang out and chill ...

Hey ya'll! Want to learn about living aboard a sailboat? Have you read my book "Accidental Sailor Girl" and want to see some videos of the journey? Or are you ...

This week was a busy one. We thought we would get together, record a practice music session and share a message of the work week aboard Norna. Here is all the ...

Hey everyone! Layla is a big part of living on a sailboat (that's our dog). Having her point of view is pretty fun, since she is a hunting dog. What to hunt on ...

Last weekend we had a yard raising party, I thought I would give you a little insight into how this is done. New videos are made every Saturday or Sunday, ...

The crew sails to a deserted island in Raja Ampat to celebrate Karin's Birthday! We explore the island, have a drunken beach day, check out an abandoned ...

I know a lot of sailors who work a lot on their boat. Lately we have had a lot of things break, and need redoing, this is normal for any boat owner. The reason ...

This video isn't what you think it is, but I am glad you joined in on it anyway. You know, a lot of people are afraid of hard work, afraid of getting dirty and ...

Re Torque the Head Nuts After 25 Hours of Motoring This week I am posting two videos. This one is a technical video of replacing a head gasket on a Perkins ...

This week I will be posting two videos. One will be a technical video of replacing the head gasket on our Perkins 4107, and this lovely video. :) Here is all ...

The question everyone has asked, both for themselves if they liveaboard, and from others who don't. Why do we live on our (sail)boats? I ask these questions ...