Small World Big Dream

Nonsense writings from sailors who lost their minds among the various boat improvement projects.

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K marks the anchor chain

Every boat owner who aspires to go cruising knows about The List. Any of the posts you have seen thus far are items that we have checked off The List. Even when you buy a boat that seemed to be ready to conquer the Seven Seas, there is plenty to do. Entries on our list […]

There is a blog post in draft about our engine woes, but today I will ruin the surprise ending. I got a text from Craig that said “CALL ME NOW!!” and immediately thought something was wrong and had visions of masts sticking up out of the water in our slip). He answered the phone saying, […]

Right after Dave the Head Guy finished with our head upgrades (please reference previous tirade post) I turned to Craig, sighed, and said, “It sure is starting to feel more like a home and less like camping!” Sailors tend to be the superstitious type and I should’ve known better than to say something like that […]

Seriously. Craig bought and installed two new heads for my birthday. Dirty Thirty is the real deal. Can we all just take a minute and agree that my husband is pretty rad? Craig spent a crazy amount of time researching marine toilets before settling on the Lavac brand. It doesn’t automatically flush, but it could […]

The title of this post is not meant to be sarcastic. I will elaborate on the reality of that statement in a moment, but I would first like to share with you some alternative titles that were considered for this entry: “The Wizard of Ew”; “The Lion, the Witch, and the Where’s-that-smell-coming-from”; “The Great Gaspy”; […]