I love roller coasters: The clicking of the gears as the cars slowly climb uphill. The build-up of butterflies from not knowing when the big drop will arrive. The thrill of being hurled around corners at top speed. I still remember my first ride – my dad took me. We sat in the front row, and I was so scared that I begged him to make it stop...

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It’s difficult to know how long the problem had existed, but it started dropping hints several days before making itself fully known. The first clue was finding water in the main bilge in the salon. A couple of weeks later, David grabbed a t-shirt from his wardrobe and discovered the pile was saturated. It had rained heavily the day before and the propane locker, which is accessed through...

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It’s Way Back Wednesday, an opportunity to dig through the files and pull out an old blog post to shed some new light on it. Over the years, I’ve written several posts about anchorages we’ve stayed in, including first-hand anchoring information (i.e. holding, protection, GPS coordinates), historical information and things to do. To date, I’ve done 26 of these (they can all be found on our Destinations page)...

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Normally, this is what life looks like for us this time of the year. Any other year and we’d be dropping our lines today: Cambria would be filled with six months of provisions. The jerry cans would be topped off with extra diesel. The truck would be in storage. Our sailing routes would be (generally) laid out. And we’d be moving north. But not this year. This year...

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