Feb 28 2008
Long ago and far away in another world, when Jason and I first moved in together, in our search for rental digs (very very hard to find in Santa Cruz, CA), we settled on a place that I considered to be “cute and funky” and Jason, with his lifetime of experience in building trades, considered [...]
Feb 08 2008
As I’ve mentioned before, the process of really settling into a boat and making it yours can be fairly long and involved. If you happen to have more money than we do, you can often buy a spiffy designer-touched creation, and no further care is required. But if you’re like us, and this is a [...]
Dec 16 2007
We’re watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and as usual, we’re all entranced, and I’m doing a running commentary on what’s sorta accurate, what’s utterly bogus (like the scene where three ships right next to each other, the one in the middle going opposite direction, all have wind fully in their sails). And Jason, who’s [...]
Dec 12 2007
One of the basic tenets of hosting non-sailors on your boat, especially when you’re liveaboards or cruisers, is “Never do anything differently than you normally do.” Well, this weekend, we absolutely exceeded ourselves in sticking to it. My friends and colleagues Alec and Adriana, and their friend Geoff, came to visit us on the s/v [...]
Nov 07 2007
Yesterday started out pure suckage. Short form, I had a ton of unpleasant, bureaucratic, paperwork-related tasks in my queue. And I am wrestling with a cold. And pregnancy nausea (the fool who called it “morning sickness” should be taken out and shot). And it was just looking like a lousy day all the way around. [...]
Jul 07 2007
July 4, 2007. We’ve been working like dogs on our little boat, frantically trying to get her in good enough shape to move aboard. Jason and Marc have been pulling insane hours doing boat foo while I pull insane hours trying to make the money to bankroll boat foo. Stress levels are pretty high, but [...]
Jul 05 2007
I‘m working on a post about our first big trip out, Fourth of July on San Francisco Bay, Rowan’s early birthday, and all the coolness that happened yesterday, but in the meantime, I thought this one deserved a post all its own. Oh Captain, my Captain.
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