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…
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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…
Read More »At Last! We Have a Departure Date.
It’s official, in 170 days, we’ll point Felicità south, bound for Cabo San Lucas. We’ve opted to join the Baja Haha, an annual rally where cruisers headed for Mexico all depart San Diego on the same day. It’s a 750…
Read More »S1: Episode 10 | Converting Our Boat to Lithium
The conversion to lithium was our first bit refit project. See it in action here on YouTube and see our project budget below. Some people may find it kind of funny that we hired a boat mechanic to redo our…
Read More »YouTube Episode | Chain of fools
In this episode, a job that should have taken a couple of hours took three attempts over two weeks. Tempers run high… prepare for some salty language.
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