Recently, Jen and I were interviewed by David Anderson from the Sailing Podcast. David is based in Queensland, Australia and his goal is to share real stories about sailing and cruising. “The people he interviews share their story with the idea to help you realize your dream of sailing away.” Here is a link to…
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It is hard to believe that it’s been two years since we sold our house in Indiana and started this journey. We are now off the boat and have moved into a rental home in Asheville, North Carolina. We have had many transitions over the last few months so I thought it would be fun to…
You know how a few times in your life you meet someone and you know they will be one of your best friends for the rest of your life? One of those people that even if you don’t live in the same town or state and may not see each other for a few years, it just…
Last week was a big week of “4s” on our boat. I turned the big 4-0 and Maria turned 4. I’m not a big gift person but I was hoping for one thing on my birthday…for my parents to be with me. A year ago I started planting the seed with them that they should…
Written by Joellen Right now we are in Georgetown, Exumas. This is the most crowded place in the Exumas but we love it. This is the most south we will go on our trip. There are lots of kid boats here from all over the world. I’ve become friends with kids from the US, Canada, England…
Written by Camden On Sunday I met real fishermen. They have a 55 foot sport fishing boat called Hope. I was asking them lots of fishing questions for a few hours. Then, the best thing ever happened.They asked me if my dad and I wanted to go fishing with them the next day. I ran…
In my last blog post, I talked about how Joellen, Camden and their new friend Townes schmoozed their way into getting us a tour at a marine research school up the road here in Cape Eleuthera. With the invite to the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI), Townes and his parents on S/V Dawn Patrol decided to…
When we sailed to Eleuthera, we thought we’d only be here for a few days before heading on to the Exumas. But we’ve stayed a lot longer than a few days. The more time we spend in Eleuthera, the more we fall in love with it. Here’s a recap of our last week and why…
After we left Bimini, we sailed with our friends from S/V Rhiannon for three consecutive days but were able to sleep at night at anchor. The first day we sailed for eleven hours straight east across the Bahama Banks where it is only 15 feet deep.We trolled even though we knew in 15 feet of water we…
Bimini consists of three islands and is the closest Bahamian island chain to the US. Most cruisers come to Bimini to check in through customs and immigration, grab some diesel, spend the night at a marina for a night or two and be on their way to the farther out islands in the Bahamas. But our…
This post is written by Camden. Tuesday we left Miami at 5am. But I was still asleep. When the sun started rising, I jumped out of my bed, and I asked my dad if we could start trolling for fish. He said yes so I got out my stinky ballyhoo for bait.I could not stop smiling because I was fishing and I was…
I’ve been wanting to get a blog post out for awhile about my love for essential oils. Since we’ve been here for another week in Miami waiting for safe weather to cross over to the Bahamas, I finally have the time to write this post. I have fallen in love with essential oils and their medicinal…
Well, we are still here in Miami. This is a visual explanation of why we haven’t left yet. This is Marc with our generator batteries in the V-berth. This is one of three reasons we are still here stateside.This is what went down. This past Thursday Marc and I were getting Adagio all ready to make the…
Last Wednesday our really good friend, Zach Frank, flew from Atlanta to Florida and boarded Adagio to sail with us down the coast to Miami. Marc met Zach in middle school and they were best friends for two years. Then Zach moved to Cincinnati and Marc and Zach lost touch. But Marc and Zach ran…
Adagio splashed 7 days ago and she is happy to be back in the water and so are we. Here she was on the hard last week and being transported back to the water. We have been busy this last week unpacking, provisioning, and meeting other boaters. Here’s Camden on the boat with our boxes from…
Love at First Sail 