I keep an eye on Cruisers Forum and I commented on a question someone had about living aboard a sailboat. I received a very kind response from Loree Alderisio who live aboard their catamaran in Miami called ‘Sea Wolf’. They have a website at CruisersLife that you can check out about their experiences [read more...]
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When we bought our CSY 33, the boat was once owned by a live aboard who stayed in Florida during Hurricane Season. He had more anchors, chain, and rode on board than you could imagine. When we decided to move aboard the sailboat this year, I pulled everything off the boat and we [read more...] We left St. Augustine bright and early off the fuel dock. It had been cold, downright freezing actually, the day before , so we decided to pull anchor and stay overnight at the Municipal Marina because we were low on diesel and couldn’t run the heater. Coincidentally, we also ran out of fresh [read more...] We are in month three of living on our sailboat. Here are a breakdown of the costs of living averaged so far for our time on the boat. Average monthly diesel cost: $80 TOTAL: $1280 This doesn’t include repair or [read more...] When is the right time to follow your dreams? It is uncomfortably easy to get stuck in the ‘one day’ syndrome a let days, months, years slip by in the daily grind of eating, sleeping, and working. To be honest, if it weren’t for the completely unlikely event where everything went south at the same [read more...] We spent a wonderful day people/boat watching in Palm Beach and cleaned the boat inside and out. This was the first time we’ve been able to pull out the cockpit cushions and enjoy our outdoor living room! The next day, taking a lesson from our St. Lucie Inlet experience, we left the Fort Worth Inlet at [read more...] Hil and I have sailed offshore before, here in Florida, Georgia, and in the BVI. But it has been over a year for Hil (because of Emma) and I’ve only been out once in the last year and half. Wind conditions were working around from the North which causes the waves to rise from 2-3′ to [read more...] |
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