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March 18, 2013
by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson

Eleanor posing gamely with my in-need-of-servicing heat exchanger. I've since had it serviced and I put it back on the engine, good for another 3,000 hours.

We’re fast approaching the two-year mark from the day we embarked on this adventure. Several times I’ve written about our concern for the girls’ wellbeing, growing up on a transient cruising boat. Our concern can’t be helped and conclusions are difficult to draw because the calculus is not straightforward.

March 11, 2013
by Michael Robertson
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Courtesy of Michael Robertson
Del Viento- family

While we're living the cruising life, Windy and I are raising two little Americans who aren’t growing up in the United States—will they ever have pop-culture fluency?

March 1, 2013
by Jen Brett

Sailing to the Bahamas on a 54-foot catamaran? Sign me up!

February 26, 2013
by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson
Frances in her element, in Mexico last year, a few months shy of six years old. Tomorrow she turns seven in Canada.

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.

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