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Log of Del Viento

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Log of Del Viento by Michael Robertson

May 15, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson
Del Viento motorsailing

We’re back in the U.S. and we’re spending money like drunken sailors…well, we’ve spent very little on booze and none in brothels, but we’re spending lots. Neither of us enjoys it.

May 1, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson

Underway, 20 minutes out of Cabo San Lucas and headed for Cabo Falso. Things deteriorated from here.

You often hear folks claim that the trip from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas is so easy that anyone can make it on a 55-gallon drum. Of course, this means it is an inherently difficult passage when heading the other direction.

April 27, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson

The girls scrambling over the deck with their little baskets Easter morning to find the hidden chocolate eggs.

There is no reason we must leave. We just want to go someplace else, see something else. I guess this is wanderlust.

April 24, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson

A fortune cookie we opened on our Disneyland trip

How will the cruising lifestyle shape the world view of voyaging kids?

April 4, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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The original Del Viento leaving her slip 15 years ago.

The distinction between the minimalist cruiser and the rest of us is how they determine what gear or system earns a place aboard.

March 29, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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Neale

In early 2006, after our second daughter, Frances, was born, I had the mother of all epiphanies: we should quit our jobs, sell everything, buy a boat, and sail around the world.

March 28, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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Adam Turinas/messingaboutinboats.typepad.com
Sinking sailboat

Cruising without hull insurance?

March 26, 2012
by Windy Robertson
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Del Viento- Windy

Windy Robertson, co-blogger on the Log of Del Viento- reflects on how she was born into her father's cruising dream.

March 23, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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Inspired by a story in Cruising World, the author wonders if the cruising lifestyle is really in his kids' best interest.

March 22, 2012
by Michael Robertson
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Courtesy of Michael Robertson
Del Viento

In our twenties, we traded our boat for a house and our freedom for careers. In our thirties, we slumbered through the American dream. In our forties, we woke and traded our house for a boat and our careers for freedom. And here we are.

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