Writings and Musings on Boat Life
We were well prepared for the leap into the unknown as we headed off from Australia on our boat hunt and as usual for us, we have hit the ground in Turkey running. We have inspected 5 boats so far, managed oodles of luggage from one place to another (with no wheels), gotten over jetlag,…
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After 34 hours of hurtling through the atmosphere in a cigar shaped piece of metal and we have arrived safely on the other side of the world. Leaving the lush landscape of the Currumbin Valley and saying more goodbyes was just as difficult as ever. Leaving family and friends is the hard sacrifice of a…
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So exactly how do you pack for 6 months in Europe on a boat you don’t own yet? This is the big question we have pondering for the last few weeks because it’s pretty important that a) we maximise our 30-kilo luggage allowance each and b) because we are well aware that some things…
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The beginnings and the ends of the day are always my favourites. Sunrise and sunset are like my muse. These times of day are, to me, about entering the liminal space. Liminal comes from the Latin and means threshold and to me it always holds a sense of possibility and an equally sweet sense of…
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In 2014 we chartered a boat in Kos and spent some time sailing through the Dodecanese. We went with our 2 kids and it turned out to be one of those trips where absolutely everything was perfect. We fell in love all over again with the Greek Islands and it reminded us just why sailing…
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July 2016 anchoring in the extraordinary waters of La Maddalena Islands in Sardinia we shared a strip of coastline along with about 500 other water craft of every single variety. Some boats felt just a bit too close to us until the next guy came and squeezed his boat in between us and the other…
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So have you bought a boat yet? If I had a penny for every time someone asked this we’d be able to buy…well, a newer boat. But it is a good place to start and the answer is No, not yet. We have been living in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia to be exact, for…
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ocean-pilgrim: Back on Water 