changing life
These posts are about our shift in our life. Learning new skills. Moving from the tradition to the non-traditional.
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Overnight Passages
Even being three miles off the coast, the quiet, the stars to the east of the boat. Not seeing anything else out there, save a freighter or a cruise ship on the horizon, it’s magical. There’s a peace that comes with sitting at the helm on a calm night with the disconnection from everything except Continue reading
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We are underway!
Leaving the dock at Green Cove Springs was always about timing. I always planned departures and arrivals based on the tide. I didn’t want to fight the tide there and used to my advantage, to either get off the dock or get pushed on the dock. So when we left for the last time, it Continue reading
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Five Things I’ve Learned Living on a Boat
Some of this is repeated from previous blog posts, but I thought a compilation of a few of my learnings might be fun, plus there’s some new stuff in here too. Living on a boat is different from living in a house, in some ways not a lot different, but in some ways, very different. Continue reading
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Hurricanes and sailboats!
Hurricanes! Every day, from the beginning of June until the middle of November, I wake up and as I am making my coffee, I go to the National Hurricane Center website. It’s the go to place to see about upcoming tropical cyclone activity. After that, I jump over to PredictWind so that I can see Continue reading
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Spending a week away from the dock at Julington Creek.
As we got ready to leave Green Cove for a little while, we knew we wanted to stay on the St. Johns River. It’s still hurricane season. We’ve weathered three hurricanes now in Green Cove and have done pretty well, though Helene was really rough even though we were just on the outer edges of Continue reading
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Storm prep…Hurricane is coming!
As I am writing this, Hurricane Helene is barreling toward the big bend of Florida. The track looks like it’s going to take it right over Tallahassee, or nearby there. The width of the storm is over 400 miles and we will catch the outer edges of the storm sometime later in the evening. Daily, Continue reading
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Day trip through the keys? Jet Skiing and Key Lime Pie!
Once the decision was made that we were going to hang out in Key West instead to wait out Hurricane Beryl, I called Sandy to let her know. After a week off, I couldn’t extend my trip, so while the crew of Manta Jo would hang out at Key West and Everglades National Park to Continue reading
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Knowing there’s always more to learn!
When I was writing last week’s post about the trip that ended (for me) in Key West, I had a few people ask me, “What made that trip worthwhile?” I tried to answer that question . .while I was writing about the importance of keeping up with the weather. It became too much and too Continue reading
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Refit to Ready!
Last week, we had the electricians on board for one last time, maybe not quite the last time, but really close. Our electrical panel is now all lit up at night, and we have a functional navigation station as well! In fact we even started up the engines for the first time in seven months! That went Continue reading
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Navigating the Galley
First off, thank you to everyone who shared last week’s post. That was amazing. On that day, there were over 200 visitors to the site, the next two days were over forty each day, that’s amazing traffic, so if you keep sharing, I’d greatly appreciate it. On to the topic of this week’s post. Cooking on board. No one Continue reading
The Great Wander 