There is A LOT of talk these days about how to get through isolation. Self-care has been in the lexicon for a while, but its use has been skyrocketing. People are looking for all sorts of ways to get through this with mental health and relationships intact. Social media and publications abound with all kinds …
February in One Moment a Day
Hi Guys, February in New Zealand was full of boat projects and homeschool. It looks like that might be a repetitive theme for a bit. We are loving living in our little boat together.
Update from Aotearoa (The land of the long white cloud – Maori)
Do you want one more email in your inbox with the title COVID-19? I thought not… So I’m sending a VOW update! Seeing how most of you are stuck at home and have lots of time to hear what is going on with the crew on Banyan, you are in for a nice long update. …
Cruising New Zealand – North Island
As I sit down to write this, Adelaide rummages around and looks for the journal in which she is writing her great American novel, Isa is peeling onion skins to make calligraphy ink and Cameron is single mind-idly running through the boat, multimeter in hand checking outlets. Banyan is currently tied to the dock, a …
January 2020 in One Moment a Day
January was our last month in North America and saw our arrival in New Zealand. There was a little running around with a business meeting in Texas, wine work in California, and I was able to squeeze in one last visit with Oma. This was especially precious for me. At the age of 101, Oma …
Marvelous Marsden and the Miserable Maintenance
They say cruising is merely boat maintenance in exotic locations. There is definitely some truth to that. I’ve wallowed away many a beautiful evening at anchorage contorted into an advanced level yoga pose to reach the back of a loose connection. The girls are now helping with this as well, while I become less pliable …
December ’19 in One Moment a Day
I LOVE spending the holidays with family and friends and we have been so fortunate this year to have been able to spend so much time with both. The girls had lots of fun with their “old” friends and spent a good amount of time with their cousins as well! We finished out 2019 with …
New Zealand Cruising Begins!
Turns out all of our solar panels are blown, the charger needed replacing (or did it...), our engine starter battery is done, the dinghy is in need of some patching and there are about 50 other little things that need doing .
Podcast Interview with Benjamin Shaw of the ‘Out the Gate’ sailing podcast.
We were recently honored to be interviewed by Benjamin Shaw of Out the Gate Sailing. Ben has a great podcast about sailing on the bay that we’ve listened to for a while. He interviews all sorts of people who have connections to San Francisco Bay sailing. We had a lovely sit down with him at …
November ’19 in One Moment a Day
Back in November of 2018 when we were pulling into New Zealand after an amazing six months exploring Oceana, Cameron and I were called back to Canada to a client. We didn’t know when that work would wrap up. We also knew that we wanted to be in France for the D-Day celebrations with our …