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Life Under Lockdown On A Boat

Life Under Lockdown On A Boat

April 28, 2020 10 Comments

Throughout the world, every country and even individual states are handling the Coronavirus outbreak in different ways. Discover what life under lockdown on a boat is like. In some cases, it’s better and in others, it’s not so great.  Watch the video and then read more below for further details. Life Under Lockdown On A[Read More]

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Where Can We Sail To Avoid COVID-19?

March 24, 2020 12 Comments

Where can we sail to avoid COVID-19 pandemic? We have the freedom to hoist our white flappy things, let them fill with air and head in any direction – don’t we? We can sail to an island/country that doesn’t have the virus yet. We can head for a deserted island. Yeah?! Unfortunately, it’s not that[Read More]

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Life With The COVID-19 Pandemic – A Channel Update

March 17, 2020 4 Comments

A couple of days ago Simon and I recorded a video to update you as to our current situation. We cover where we are, what’s going on and what our plans are. It seems that there’s a load of information out there – some of it is scary and some of it is inspiring. We’re[Read More]

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How to grow old happy

How to grow old happy?

December 31, 2019 38 Comments

In case Simon dies, I have a plan. Over the past couple weeks my husband, Simon, and I have been back in England trying to get his father sorted out. Using the term ‘sorted out’ doesn’t accurately convey the weight of the situation. People are not there to be ‘sorted out’ but I think you’ll[Read More]

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CopperCoat Antifoul Disaster Made Good?

December 18, 2019 5 Comments

We’ve had a long history of trying to get our CopperCoat antifoul to work. After paying an initial fee of well over $10,000 to get our boat sanded back to the gel coat and an application of the copper-based paint we discovered months later that the application did not work. Our boat was full of[Read More]

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Sailing To Five Countries In A Week – A Britican Update Video

October 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

Since our last update video, we’ve been busy doing our Britican Experiences were we take paying guests for a week-long experiential adventure. We have also been getting boat jobs done and hanging out with all the liveaboard cruisers down here in Grenada. We had another wonderful pig roast with some great friends. Most recently, however, we[Read More]

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CopperCoat Antifouling Nightmare

August 27, 2019 72 Comments

We had CopperCoat Antifouling applied to the hull of our Oyster 56′ in 2016. Since then we’ve had nothing but problems. To get the full story, watch the following video that highlights. If you want the lasted update, see the links below the videos: our first CopperCoat application in North Carolina a haul out in[Read More]

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Rescue At Sea And Much More!

July 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

My husband, daughter and I been sailboat cruising, using our savings, for five years. We’ve run out of money so we’ve set ourselves up to offer weeklong cruising experiences for people that want to transition into our type of lifestyle. By offering space on our boat people/couples/families can get a unique glimpse into what it’s[Read More]

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Boat Life Caribbean Sailing and Taking On Water

July 9, 2019 1 Comment

Join us for a 290+ mile sail from St Martin down to Grenada where you’ll get a glimpse into boat life as we actively cruise. Also, check out what it can be like sailing the Caribbean and video coverage of our most recent drama of taking on water. Highlights include Simon getting sandblasted by plane[Read More]

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Our Sailing Channel Update

June 3, 2019 2 Comments

While sailing from South Carolina down to Trinidad we tried to publish a video every week. For the most part, we accomplished our goal however we fell further and further behind. By the time we published our last ‘travel-log’ style video, we were five months behind our real time. To catch up to where we[Read More]

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