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Custom Yacht Mattress

1 February 2014

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When we were in SoCal, we realized beyond a shadow of a doubt that our “mattress” was junk. It was made of eight inch thick hard foam and was about as comfortable as a barn floor, plus it reduced our modest bunk area considerably. There isn’t a square corner on the bunk anywhere and the […]

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Awesome Women Who Sail Meetup in Marina La Cruz

31 January 2014

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Awesome Women Who Sail Meetup in Marina La Cruz

“Katrina’s gonna be calling you later,” says my husband. I’m standing at the stove, trying to make some atole, because truthfully—I feel like a dog turd that’s been sitting in the sun for three days. Comfort food is totally warranted in this case. I know, ‘cause I looked it up in 2014’s latest “How To […]

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Taint break

30 January 2014

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In the beginning of this blog, after a good flame post, my dad warned me to keep it more positive than negative. Good advice. Soon we’ll write about our lost weekend/ six shitty months in Jacksonville, Fl./ taint of Florida, the ballsack of America. As you might have surmised, it would have been six months […]

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WAKE UP!!

30 June 2013

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At 6:00 this morning I woke up for a moment thinking that I’d be going right back to sleep for awhile longer. It’s Sunday. Still dark then. Just a minute later the wind started to blow. And blow. And blow hard! I stepped out on deck and witnessed chaos. The weather’s been so benign that […]

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Drunken Boaters

9 June 2013

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Drunken Boaters

This is not the post that you thought it would be. You might expect me to complain about the drinking habits of boaters. It wouldn’t be out of character if I did. I’m not. I want only to explain. We have friends, quite a few here and along the way, that subsist mainly on alcohol. It’s […]

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A Break

8 June 2013

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Yep, a double break. First, we went cruising to take a break from whatever you call that life that we had before this. As it turns out, cruising isn’t all relaxation, drinks with umbrellas, and palm lined beaches. Setting out to cross hundreds or thousands of miles of ocean is really stressful. After all of […]

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Radio Radio?

3 May 2013

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Here in Bahia de Banderas, the boat to boat hailing channel is 22. All day you’ll hear boats calling out to one another. Example, us calling Calypso- Calypso Calypso Calypso, this is Landfall on two two. The receiver will call back and suggest an open channel to talk on so that we don’t crowd the […]

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How Not To Dock Your Boat.

29 April 2013

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We see a lot out here. A lot of bad docking maneuvers and a lot of bad anchoring. We don’t have any more experience than they do, but we try to do it right. I’m not talking about anchoring today, that’s a whole nother post. Today is docking. Of the cruisers out here, I’m the […]

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IS IT WORTH IT?

28 April 2013

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It’s been almost a year and a half since we sailed off. In a couple weeks we will have been in Mexico most of the time for a year. Today, at anchor, I’m looking back at what we had and looking at what we have. What have we lost? The main thing that I’ve lost […]

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Walmar and the Quest for Freon

23 April 2013

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Walmar and the Quest for Freon

In general, when it comes to boats, Murphy is always waiting in the wings bilge to kick up his heels and have a little fun. Gotta hand it to him, dude’s got a twisted sense of humor. Our refrigeration system went offline yesterday, which is a pretty big deal since we no longer live in […]

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