Feb 19 2008
Not that it surprises much of anybody, but now that the sun is out again, the social scene here at the Marina is hopping. People love a good bonfire and BBQ, and the marina has a great little tree-and-bench-ringed fire pit, three BBQs, and power access from the “facilities” (the bath and laundry house) nearby. [...]
Feb 11 2008
In my ongoing quest to help everone laugh about (and maybe get rid of) their stuff, the mighty George Carlin on, “your stuff”. Profanity (by the bucketload), but still one of the best motivational pieces ever for helping you declutter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac
Less colorfully, there are also blogs determined to help you on your quest. Some of my [...]
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 15 2007
A few readers have asked me how the boys are adapting to the boat. I finally caught up enough with some other projects to get some good photos going, and so here’s the update.
This is what bath time looks like in the boat. Yes, those are rubbermaid totes. They happen to fit perfectly in the [...]
Dec 04 2007
Moving aboard a boat is far more complicated than anyone told me it would be.
I mean, I knew about getting rid of stuff, I knew about consolidating, I knew about simplifying. I’m good there.
What I had no clue about was how to make my boat home.
I am a deeply devout homebody. Curling up on the [...]
Oct 15 2007
Friends, as part of blog action day, I’m blogging about the environment.
This is, if you know me, laughable. I have a graduate degree in treehugger. I’m totally evergreeen, yeah?
I had no freaking idea what awareness of my footprint truly was until I moved onboard a boat. Here are a few highlights:
Water consumption. Here, [...]
Jul 23 2007
My pal Rosalind just sent me this link. “Drop anchor, you’re home.” With housing prices high, living on a boat is gaining popularity among ocean lovers.”
While I don’t expect throngs of landlubbers to come flocking to the Marina, I am vaguely horrified that living on boats is being portrayed as a lifestyle choice. Course, [...]
Jun 23 2007
The thing about a boat like ours is that sometimes, it’s actually a lot more like Easter than it is like, oh, boating.
The man we bought her from did not believe in maintenance. We knew that up front, and figured we could tackle it. We knew, for example, that when the anchor windlass broke, instead [...]
Jun 08 2007
You start out the process of divesting of your worldly goods with the best of intentions, you surely do.
During the long, slow, horrid months of boat shopping, Jason and I strategized about what to get rid of, what mattered to us, what had to stay on land, what was safe to bring aboard with us. [...]