“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…]

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…]

A few weeks ago I found myself begging the staff at our marina for dockage AGAIN, our month was up but we had a pretty sad looking motor. Our injection pump was in the US along with Carl who was delivering a yacht to Newport, RI, the kids and I were holding down the fort (and cockroaches and ants) while those two major components were elsewhere.

It had taken me begging everyday for a week to get a spot at the famous Nanny Cay Marina (British Virgin Islands) and now we needed another 2 weeks. Luckily the Spring Regatta had finished and the marina was finally showing some bare patches. Success! We weren’t kicked out! [Read more…]

I had just finished putting three squealing kids into bed. You know the usual routine of a quick squirt down with water, finding whatever clean clothes they have to wear as pajamas, brush teeth and a story that never seems to end.

All kids were in their bunks still screaming complaints of not being tired when I walked up the steps into our pilot house. Carl was in his typical nightly position of lying in the sea berth with his iPad on his chest. Knees propped up trying to get some much needed cool air around his legs and man bits. Sticky hot.

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Homeschooling has pretty much become the most important aspect of my life now. I used to binge on amazon tv shows and sew a little but now all of that has taken a back seat to the education of our kids.

Capri is 7 and Cali is 5 so I must say I”m still pretty new to all of this. I started this endeavor on our last boat, Salty.

Back when the girls were 3 and 4 I decided to go with the Pre School package offered by Sonlight, it’s basically a very comprehensive library of books. We are not a religious family and even though Sonlight is Christian based it was still a good fit for us. The girls were happy to sit for hours looking through the books and me reading.

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