True story… If you visit a beautiful forest with someone who worked as a land broker specializing in large timberland tracts, your stunning sojourn will be interrupted by a ghastly amount of unwanted information. On the bright side, I can now tell you the site index, species mix, merch volume, and suggestions on …
Apparently sea-weed is not a healthy diet for our generator. It suddenly started overheating—which seemed pretty strange, especially since our generator has super low hours and always runs like a champ. So the Bedouin crew spent part of the day trouble-shooting the problem. Eventually Mark discovered it had sucked some seaweed into the intake. Once …
10 Rainy Day Rules: #1 Pull the plug on the dingy or it will fill up like a bathtub. #2 If you disregard rule #1 you will have to don your brother-in-law Tony’s “Gorton’s Frozen Fish Stick’s Hat” and pull said plug to drain your newly acquired aft bathtub. #3 Whist following rule …
Both of our aft cabins have a little escape hatches which, if you’re not in peril, make lovely windows that look down into the water. Some days you see fish swimming by and other days you see peeping Mark and Chloe.
We sailed back to Preveza one last time to get our new chart plotter installed. We brought Bedouin dockside and lashed her up for the night and Mark put the full array of our fenders out knowing there was a steady blow headed our way . The forecast showed winds would be blowing all …
After a couple days climbing up to what felt like the top of the world over in Meteora, we all decided to take a circuitous route back to Preveza through the Greek town of Ioánnina. Why you ask? We didn’t go to Ioánnina for it’s famous Lake Pamvotis—which indeed was quite lovely and …
Mark is the athlete in the family. Let me tell you what an athlete is: An athlete is someone who never lets a day go by or a challenging location stop them from pursuing their physical passion. And for Mark that is currently the discipline of trail running. I can also tell …
Dear Mr. Twain, we just threw off the bowlines and sailed away from the safe harbor. We’re catching the trade winds and about to explore, dream, and discover. Thanks for the sage advise. I’ve never seen such a smile of childlike wonder on my husband’s face like this before.
While we are still dockside waiting for our standing rigging to get tuned Mark decided to install the sink we brought over from the states with us in our suitcase. (Chloe will remind you that it was HER suitcase that is was stowed in since it limited the amount of stuff she could take.) …
Yep he sews. But he’s quick to tell you he only sews “Man Stuff”. We’re glad though. Because he stripped down his Sailrite machine to 50lbs. so it would fit and make weight in one of the two check-in bags he was allotted. Today, he’s sewing down by the seashore, some manly straps …
