Life at Anchor: What Living Small Means on the Water
There’s a different kind of silence out on the water. Not the silence of empty rooms or quiet streets, but the open, shifting quiet of wind, tide, an ...
7 Tips For Handling Condensation on Your Boat (or RV or Tiny Home)
While living on a sailboat comes with plenty of immeasurable positives—serenity, sailing adventures, enjoyment of nature, creating memories with frie ...
20+ Tips for Building Your Own Boat Bimini
When we bought our 35′ sailboat, Hope, in the summer of 2017, we knew our new vessel (and future home) would need a few components for added comfort ...
Heading Towards Zero Waste from Our Boat
In the past, Michael and I would’ve described ourselves as pretty environmentally-savvy. I mean, we dutifully recycle, we’ve maintained a worm c ...
Zero-Waste Groceries For Sailboat Life
Our journey to reduce our plastic usage and waste footprint continue to involve some highs and unexpected challenges too! For starters, we’ve than ...
Lessons Taught By Hope (our 35' sailboat) After Hurricane Irma
Michael and I have been preparing our sailboat, Hope, for being back where boats belong — back in the water. The past few weeks have had their mom ...
Why You Should Go To The Azores Today
When he was a kid, my husband, Michael, discovered a National Geographic issue about the distant islands called the Azores and thought, I want t ...
How To Have A Kickass Time In The Azores
If you’re counting the days till your trip to the Azores or if you’re still on the fence about whether or not to make it your next destination (in wh ...
10 Reasons For Living On A Sailboat In Winter
This was our first winter on Hope, our 35′ sailboat, and we’re learning that living on a sailboat in winter offers, well, of course, its share of cha ...
2 Expert Books You Need To Handle Every Boat Problem
Since moving aboard our sailboat, my nightly bedtime reading has often alternated between two of the best boat maintenance manuals around—Nigel Calde ...