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
Episode 1 of Sailing Roam begins Geri and Shawn’s liveaboard sailing journey aboard their 2013 Nautitech 542 catamaran. Watch their first-look tour of the boat — from cockpit and helm stations to cabins, galley, and storage — and see how they start life cruising full-time.