ocean-pilgrim

Tag: Sailing

  • Everywhere we go we take the weather with us

    Everywhere we go we take the weather with us

    As mentioned in prior posts the weather is something that informs and influences every decision we make while living aboard. It’s something we work with and around as controlling it is well outside of our remit! But, boy I wish we could sometimes. This season, so far, has been a mess of weather in no…

  • Sailing in the Greek Islands. Reflections on 2024

    Sailing in the Greek Islands. Reflections on 2024

    Here we are well beyond end of the sailing season and feeling like life on water is another half remembered dream.  Those of us who don’t live aboard full time have been in the process of packing up their boats and have headed home or off on other adventures. The full time live aboards have…

  • I’m just going to buy milk honey……

    I’m just going to buy milk honey……

    In some ways the rhythms and routines are just like life on land and in other ways it’s very different. There’s still shopping, cooking, exercising, dealing with life admin, cleaning, showering and too much washing up. Added to this there’s a lot of maintenance for Rick as things break all the time and regular cleaning,…