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 …
Our friends Rikka and Tuomo Meretniemi on SV Panacea (a Swan 57), a cruising family out of Finland, asked us to contribute to their book. They provided us with some questions and we responded. Since the book will be in Finish, we thought that we might share our answers with you You can find out …
As cruisers, a shore kit is standard issue. If you are a self-reliant family that just rowed your dinghy to shore for a 4-mile hike to the top of a volcano on an uninhabited island… you better be ready for anything. But, I’ve found that my handy shore kit gets just as much use if …
The girls had a little break from the time they left school in Canada until we got to Guaymas. We were just having too much fun traveling to do much schooling. They had their “summer” break in February and March. They did lots of fun (and educational) things during that time. In Hawaii, we …
Well, as we expected, things did not go as expected. We were supposed to have been put in the water on April 1st, but as we ran around the decks, preparing the boat, we listened with falling hearts to the engine of the travel lift not turning over… It turns out, the starter motor died …
On February 28th, 2015 Cameron, the girls and I all moved from our lovely home, Blossom Creek Farm, up in Calistoga, to our lovely home, SV Banyan. Happy Cruisversary to us! Lots of cruisers, some of whom we have met, entered the cruising life only to realize that it wasn’t really their cup of tea. …
When in Rome We are pretty conservative with our cruising kitty. Most areas of our budget are fairly fixed, but the food budget is one that we have the largest control over. To that end we figure that by eating as much like a Mexican as possible, we will not only learn a lot about …