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January 1, 2023 By Carly

I’ve never been in a long distant relationship, that’s some serious business. 2021 felt like I was dating again. Carl would come into town and we would all try and fit in the most quality time as possible then he would leave again. A positive disruption in our life that was like a pebble tossed into our stream. It was a routine that we were getting accustomed to, even though we never knew when he would steam roll into town. I thought we were all doing well but our strained relationship and kids sleeping disorders caused by stress slowly creeped up on me. Turns out a long distance fling isn’t for us.

Just like all of our decisions this one came on fast without a lot of planning or forethought. We bought a house in South Florida in the peak of the housing market; remember the fun times when you had to put an offer in on a house before you could see the house.

We bought, packed up and moved – all in 45 days.

Moving from Maine to Florida in March was pretty magical. Ice and wind to mild breezes and barefoot walks.

We all got Covid, Cali broke her arm, Capri lost her snake, Cali got a lung disease and Crew became a recluse. And Carl was still never home.

Within 6 months the house was back on the market and we bought a catamaran. You know, fast decisions without a lot of planning or forethought.

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social distancing hand wave

June 3, 2020 By Carly

It’s been a while since I’ve written on my blog, in my kids’ words, things have been a bit cray cray (crazy).

Abeona has sold and she’s left a hole in our hearts but it was time to move on. We sold our house in Morrill, Maine and built a new house in Northport (Maine) a whole whopping 20 minutes away. Shortly after the completion of our 1000 sq ft house Carl got a job out of the country on a large luxury sailboat. It was really sucky living away from each other and 6 months in I just couldn’t do it any longer. Carl was scheduled to be in New Zealand for 6 months for a yard period with his job so the kids and packed up and joined him.

our house in Maine

Auckland was amazing, we lived with all the crew and had a professional chef cooking 3 meals a day for us. What a dream!!!

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lifting keel, we got one, cry if you don’t

May 31, 2017 By Carly

Our buddy boat Sea Spice lifted anchor a few minutes before us at our cosy anchorage in South Caicos (Turks and Caicos). They hadn’t been more than 10 minutes around the point before they radioed us:

“….garbage, this is garbage…”

We could still see the tip of their mast rolling around like crazy behind the headland.

Yikes!

High fiving each other for we had chosen a different route.

The coveted short cut.

Abeona has a lifting keel, if I’ve failed to mention this detail in the past, she can go from 7’ draft to 4’ with the push of a button (hydraulic). [Read More…]

… and then there are good days – exploring a Dominican Republic National Park

May 23, 2017 By Carly

“I soo scarr-red” – Crew

As we slowly idled our dinghy into the dark, the kids were screaming with what looked like bats swarming around us. It was dark, stinky and clostrophic. Crew broke into a cry and we knew it was time to chuck her in reverse and make a hasty retreat. As we exited we found out that they were actually small birds and not bats after all. This was the best day EVER!

From my last post you could tell my heart was in the gutter, being swept away with yesterdays trash from the sidewalk.  But today, TODAY all is well in the world again. [Read More…]

plans made in the sand

May 19, 2017 By Carly

We had spent the last 10 hours rolling around off Puerto Rico, the head (toilet)  had overflowed numerous times, soaking the floor with its soupy pee mess then laying to rest in our shallow bilges. Haunting us with its stank for days to come.

Before the sunset that night the girls decided they would corner me in the cockpit while I was on watch. The hot topic was: “how a house is better than a boat”. A few notable points raised were: [Read More…]

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Hi, I'm Carly. I'm a mum, an Australian, a wife, chocolate lover and often a seasick sailor. I like keeping a blog for us to look back on all our adventures. If you think this lifestyle would fit your family please contact me and I can tell you the good, the bad and the ugly. Read More…

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