A Boomer and a GenXer meet, fall in love, relocate to San Diego, and set a goal to sail into a simpler life.
The Plan Will Reveal Itself
In the cruising world, there is a common saying, “Plans are written in the sand at low tide,” which rings true as there are so many factors completely out of the sailor’s control that conspire to flip the script. The most likely culprits are the weather and mechanical/equipment problems. But, the biggest disruptor, in our…
Selecting and Prepping Crew
Full disclosure, Felicità is set up primarily to be a two-person boat. Resources are limited, as is space. So we’ve learned to think deeply about how and when we bring crew aboard. Over our first seven months cruising full-time we determined that three is the optimal number of people when we want to bring on…
To Rally or Not To Rally…?
We had hundreds of ocean miles on our sailing resumes before shoving off on our boat. So why join a rally? Could we have done the trip down the Baja peninsula without the rally? Absolutely. But, at the end of the day, I’m mostly glad we joined the Baja Ha-ha Cruisers’ Rally. We chose to…
