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…
Funding a Refit
When I started dreaming about crossing oceans, I scoured the Internet, read every book I could, and subscribed to tons of sailing YouTube channels — all to answer one question, “How much is this going to cost?” And as it turns out, that was not the right question. I should have been asking it in…
Two Weeks and Counting
This time in two weeks, we’ll be one day into our passage to Cabo and this floating show will finally be on the road. We have a few items left on the to-do list–only one is really important, a few packages still to arrive, a few more good-byes, and some provisioning. Aside from the good-byes…
Reality “TV” Sailing Style
I wake, roll over, and check the YB tracker to see what’s happening with the 2022 Golden Globe Race (GGR) fleet. This group of intrepid sailors departed from Les Sables-d’Olonne, France on September 4. I repeat this ritual every four hours until I fall asleep. This will be my routine until June 2023, when the…
Be Bothered
When I was learning to sail my dad pointed out that when bad things happen on a boat, “it’s usually not because one thing went wrong, but because a lot of things went wrong at the same time.” So the name of the game is to mitigate multiple things going wrong at the same time.…
Help Clean Up Our Waterways!
Saturday, September 17 is International Coastal Clean Up Day. The Ocean Conservancy is galvanizing communities worldwide to collect trash that pollutes our waterways. These efforts will make our coasts cleaner and ocean and lakes healthier. We’ll be on Point Loma at Sunset Cliffs doing our part. Check out this super easy-to-use map to find and…
Making the Decision to Go
Eighteen months ago, we declared that Tim was going to retire in the summer of 2022 and we were going to get ourselves and our boat, Felicità, ready to set off on our world cruising adventure. This decision was a bit of a plot twist, as it was a three-year acceleration of our original plan.…
Sunscreen (for Face) Round-Up
Every May, Sephora puts together a Sun Safety Kit that contains an array of sunscreen products. I grabbed one this year and road tested each to see if I like any better than my current favorite – bioelements spf 50 FaceScreen. bioelements | spf 50 FaceScreen | spf 50 I’ve been wearing this (almost) daily…
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