Our first cruising season last year involved a ton of learning and humbling mistakes for us newish sailors.
We began in early February and, with our trusty 35′ sailboat named Hope, we threw the hook in 19 anchorages, went under many bridges, through several locks, visited mangroves and beaches by dinghy, dodged storms and waited out gales, witnessed a fair share of wildlife on the water, heard strange and funny marine life noises through the hull, stargazed from the cockpit, pulled out the mainsail and genoa, paid close attention to currents and tides and wind and weather, and explored roughly 900 nautical miles of coastline and inland areas of Florida (and all while maintaining remote work and projects). 😅