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…
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S1: Episode 15 | Sailing Down the Baja
Catch this second part of our trip down the Baja Peninsula with our friend, Onno, on his Hardin 45. She’s a proper pirate ship to be sure. We had a mix of all kinds of weather and found lots of…
Read More »S1: Episode 9 | Shakedown Sail Lessons Learned
Good thing we’re lifelong learners! The sailing gods had a few things to teach us on our first shakedown sail to and from Catalina Island. And, we say a sweet goodbye to our fur-baby, Ocho. Check out episode 9 over…
Read More »The Challenge of Competing Priorities
There is a real tension between the priorities we’re juggling to wind down our land lives and getting ready to head to sea. Some days it’s hard to know what to focus on and the list is long: Major boat…
Read More »S1: Episode 8 | Careful What You Wish For!
We’ve been away from YouTube for many months. “Why,” you ask? Mostly because I just could not bring myself to edit the video that is so filled with my sweet, beloved pup, Ocho. So, I let time do its thing…
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.
Read More »What’s in the bag?
Check out the video where Gretchen explains how we chose what to include in our ditch bag. Here’s a list of what made it in: First aid First aid kit with wound care, breakable ice packs, pain killers, antacids, alcohol…
Read More »YouTube video | Abandon ship!
In this episode, Gretchen walks you through Felicità’s ditch bag and how we decided on what to include.
Read More »YouTube Episode | Rigging the spinnaker
Check out our latest adventure on our YouTube channel, GnT Sailing — figuring out how the heck to rig our asymmetrical spinnaker. It really helps people find our content if you hit the like button and subscribe to the channel….
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