This was nearly the end to a day-long passage, most of which we spent either slack-jawed or smiling. Windy and I agreed it seemed just like we were motoring up the valley floor of California’s Yosemite National Park.
Cruising is punctuated by high highs and low lows. Rare are the days in the middle, at least that is our experience.
Well, I’m glad you’re here. I’m about to announce The Next Big Thing.
They might be a fact of life when living aboard in the tropics, but that doesn’t make it any less maddening.
Lunenburg proved everything we could wish in the way of amenities: Two grocery stores, a big hardware store, Laundromat, library, free public WiFi, and plenty of dinghy dockage.
It’s often said that friendships in the cruising community blossom fast and furious.
The Robertson family aboard Del Viento deal with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on their arrival in Friday Harbor, Washington.
Yes, it appears we had indeed been spoiled and disillusioned by the calm and lovely waters of the British Virgin Islands—we forgot all about what cruising can really be like.
The main saloon of our friends’ Beneteau 461 Oceanis, Chere, is typical of the type: bright, spacious, airy, heavy on the feng shui. The perfect place, in other words, for entertaining guests and enjoying commodious living aboard and cruising. I’m pretty certain Beneteau’s interior designers didn’t consider that these same attributes would also make it an ideal science lab, but there you are.
Despite the inherent obstacles wannabe cruising families face, I think the real barriers are diminishing and that the number who do cast off the dock lines will continue to grow.
Sailing with kayaks can make all the difference in your shallow-water excursion
Is it possible to sail with a toddler, have fun, and stay sane?
This was nearly the end to a day-long passage, most of which we spent either slack-jawed or smiling. Windy and I agreed it seemed just like we were motoring up the valley floor of California’s Yosemite National Park.
Cruising is punctuated by high highs and low lows. Rare are the days in the middle, at least that is our experience.
Well, I’m glad you’re here. I’m about to announce The Next Big Thing.
They might be a fact of life when living aboard in the tropics, but that doesn’t make it any less maddening.
Lunenburg proved everything we could wish in the way of amenities: Two grocery stores, a big hardware store, Laundromat, library, free public WiFi, and plenty of dinghy dockage.
It’s often said that friendships in the cruising community blossom fast and furious.
The Robertson family aboard Del Viento deal with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on their arrival in Friday Harbor, Washington.
Yes, it appears we had indeed been spoiled and disillusioned by the calm and lovely waters of the British Virgin Islands—we forgot all about what cruising can really be like.
The main saloon of our friends’ Beneteau 461 Oceanis, Chere, is typical of the type: bright, spacious, airy, heavy on the feng shui. The perfect place, in other words, for entertaining guests and enjoying commodious living aboard and cruising. I’m pretty certain Beneteau’s interior designers didn’t consider that these same attributes would also make it an ideal science lab, but there you are.
Despite the inherent obstacles wannabe cruising families face, I think the real barriers are diminishing and that the number who do cast off the dock lines will continue to grow.
Sailing with kayaks can make all the difference in your shallow-water excursion
Is it possible to sail with a toddler, have fun, and stay sane?
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