Go Frances, Go
In the last weeks of her sixth year, Frances’s mind was focused and consumed with one thing: the bake sale she would organize to help
In the last weeks of her sixth year, Frances’s mind was focused and consumed with one thing: the bake sale she would organize to help
Now even though this is like black magic to the crew of Del Viento, I totally acknowledge that receiving weather faxes via short-wave radio is absolutely nothing to most other cruisers–basic, basic stuff.
They’re big, they’re black, they’re stout, and they’re from 1978. Meet Del Viento‘s Lewmar 48 self-tailing winches.
This story is an important reminder that solving any problem aboard a cruising boat nearly always takes longer than anyone ought to imagine.
For the first time in months, we left Victoria aboard Del Viento.
There are lots of expensive things aboard the average cruising boat that get very little use, but here is our list of the small, inexpensive things that we value almost daily.
The Robertson family discover what’s left of an ancient forest on a trip down the coast. It’s not a forest like one you may imagine on the Oregon coast, mostly because it is really on the coast—in the water actually.
Michael Robertson takes a humorous look at the different approaches to boat projects by some well-known cruisers.
Long time readers of this blog may remember that I have a hard time saying just the right thing when questioned by officials at border crossings.
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.
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?
We’re in port and I’ve waited nearly six months (and counting) for nice weather. I don’t like waiting. I’m tired of waiting.
In the last weeks of her sixth year, Frances’s mind was focused and consumed with one thing: the bake sale she would organize to help
Now even though this is like black magic to the crew of Del Viento, I totally acknowledge that receiving weather faxes via short-wave radio is absolutely nothing to most other cruisers–basic, basic stuff.
They’re big, they’re black, they’re stout, and they’re from 1978. Meet Del Viento‘s Lewmar 48 self-tailing winches.
This story is an important reminder that solving any problem aboard a cruising boat nearly always takes longer than anyone ought to imagine.
For the first time in months, we left Victoria aboard Del Viento.
There are lots of expensive things aboard the average cruising boat that get very little use, but here is our list of the small, inexpensive things that we value almost daily.
The Robertson family discover what’s left of an ancient forest on a trip down the coast. It’s not a forest like one you may imagine on the Oregon coast, mostly because it is really on the coast—in the water actually.
Michael Robertson takes a humorous look at the different approaches to boat projects by some well-known cruisers.
Long time readers of this blog may remember that I have a hard time saying just the right thing when questioned by officials at border crossings.
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.
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?
We’re in port and I’ve waited nearly six months (and counting) for nice weather. I don’t like waiting. I’m tired of waiting.
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