Projects
Sometimes pulling the boat out of the water for work can't be avoided. We spent exactly one week on the hard. It felt more like a month. We discovered that putting in new trampolines is way harder than we ever anticipated, and in the end, it's
Guatemala
Renaming a boat is a risky thing, but in this case it was necessary. Her name at purchase only made sense to the previous owners as it was a combination of their sons names, so it had to go. Additionally, we found ample evidence that a proper denaming/renaming ceremony
Projects
Back to projects this week! Plenty of things in the way of getting our projects done but we push on to start and finish dinghy davit maintenance.
Guatemala
No matter how perfect you think your new boat is, there are always things that will make your life aboard easier or more comfortable. We have a list of wishlist items that address some of our most pressing problems so far.
I've come to think that sailing isn't about completion as much as it's about persistence. This week we get started on some projects and run into wall after wall. Special thanks and recognition to The Ocean Cleanup for generously allowing the use of their
Guatemala
We take you on a shopping tour of Fronteras, Guatemala; Our thriving temporary community on Rio Dulce. We not only need access to kit for the boat while we're waiting for hurricane season to end, we also need to eat, buy normal home consumables, and occasionally have things
Guatemala
We're starting to move aboard! this week we begin to figure out how to use all this space. Having a lot of storage seems like it would be easier to find places to store all the things we want to bring. We're finding that without good
Guatemala
This week we send out some complicated laundry, give the cockpit a rinse plus, and we get our Starlink installation started. There's a common theme to boat ownership: Repair, Organize, Provision so you can Cruise (which includes repairing, organizing, and provisioning) until you have to take time out
Guatemala
After two weeks of unloading, fumigating, and cleaning our new boat, we're ready for an adventure. Join us as we explore down river toward Rio Dulce Canyon and beyond. Two weeks doesn't seem like a long time until you're learning just how much you
Guatemala
This week we start to get a better idea of just how much storage we have while we empty every drawer, locker, and bilge so we can get ready to fumigate and clean. We really had no idea what we were in for. We thought we'd have it
Guatemala
Thanks for checking out our first video! This is a brief introduction to us and a tour of the sailing catamaran we just bought. She's a Nautitech 542 and we think she's the perfect adventure platform for our less conventional life. For the past eight-months we&