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  • You Know You’re Living Your Best Life When…

    You Know You’re Living Your Best Life When…

    After a full 24 hours of motor-sailing, we have arrived in Bahia Tortuga. In fact, nearly all the movement we’ve made since leaving San Diego has been thanks to our trusty engine. It’s extremely frustrating that we have the capability to sail and it feels like are wasting fuel, but there just hasn’t been any Read more

  • Rational Levels of Urgency

    Sometimes my life is un-fucking-believable. Today is one of those days. We planned for it to be the last day in Ensenada and the forecast called for good amounts of wind and we didn’t have an alarm set for sparrow-fart thirty before dawn. Everyone was excited. I know, because I asked. I think that was Read more

  • This is not a drill!

    This is not a drill!

    It’s 2:30am and the alarm goes off. Craig is out of bed immediately. Casey and I are slow to follow. Within the hour, Small World is out of the slip and into the ocean, escorted by dolphins. By the end of the day, she is in foreign territory. Days like today are surreal to the Read more

  • Nobody panic

    Today was ultra mellow. Lazy start to the day without any alarms, a casual breakfast with coffee in the cockpit, a swim sesh for Casey, and a short 8 mile run to Two Harbors. Despite the short trip, Craig still managed to repair the mount on Zubie’s motor while we were underway. All in all, Read more

  • They defrosted my cold, dead heart

    Last night was our last night in Newport Beach. It was frantic. Lots of chores and lots of errands and lots of stuff to stow. More importantly, it became real that we were actually leaving. Again. Some things are easier this time around. We have recipes that work, we have Casey to prep them, we Read more

  • Welp, it’s about that time

    Welp, it’s about that time

    Despite my lack of posts for the last six months, Newport Beach has been rather wonderful to us. And despite Craig’s panic attack this morning, it looks like we are aiming for Mexican waters in the next couple weeks. We would love to have one last beach day (even if it is too cold to Read more