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…
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…
As part of homeschooling today, I decided to interview the kids along with Jen and I to get feedback about our 4 months in Costa Rica and our journey thus far. It’s kinda of strange to think that we have been “homeless” since last August when we moved out of our house to start this…
We wanted to give you a bit more background and information about the orphanage where we are volunteering. Residencia de Vida (Residence of Life) began as a dream almost thirty years ago of a truly giving and Christ lead person in Cherie McCullah. We are blessed to call her a lifelong friend after just a couple…
Jen and I were interviewed by Erik Hemingway from Family Adventure Podcast. The interview lasts about 40 minutes and is posted on itunes (click here for link). We talked about how our dream came about, how we planned and saved, as well as some of the amazing adventures we had so far. We also shared…
As part of homeschooling today, I decided to interview the kids and get their feedback on living on a boat for the last 5 months. Additionally, Jen and I answered the questions. Below is a picture of their handwritten responses to work on their handwriting, and then I typed them into this blog. Camden is taking after his…
As we began this journey, we had a desire to learn to fish. For me (Marc), I grew up fishing bass in ponds and then up in Canada in Lake Erie but it was something I did occasionally and wasn’t very good at. My Grandpa Joe found such joy in it and was a darn good fisherman. I know…
So true indeed and one that I am continuing to work on. As we continue with our journey, we are finding that we are waiting a lot these days…….. Waiting for the weather Currently, we are in Biscayne Bay south of Miami and just north of the Keys while we wait for a weather window…
Note: Joellen wrote this last week but we are just now getting it on the blog. She wrote this while we were still back in Fort Lauderdale. We currently are in Miami now. Update on Hermie and Crabby…they are still alive but like to sleep a lot. We have to feed them food about once…
In terms of the boat, we as a family continue to learn how to live together and function as a unit in a very small space. We are four weeks into this journey and continue to enjoy it each day. Our total living area is less than 350 square feet. Within that, it has been a…
Love at First Sail 