Where do I even begin? How about with an email from one of our readers. "Chris and Melody, It has been a long, long time since your last blog post. I hope all is well with you both and just wonder if you have any updates to your journey. Your posts are always quite interesting. Thanks, and mucha suerte!" It has indeed been a long, LONG time since my last post. Back in … [Read more...]
Tiny Living on a Sailboat
I hope you're having a great holiday season -- I can't believe 2018 is almost over! I just wanted to make a quick post to let you know that I've been featured on the Tiny House Lifestyle Podcast with Ethan Waldman. The episode is called Tiny Lifestyle on the Water. In our interview, we talked about: Why it's so hard to downsize and how to make it easier The … [Read more...]
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming…
Some of you may know this and some of you may not, but a couple of months ago, we fairly quietly listed Vacilando for sale. I say fairly quietly, because we put up an ad on Sailboat Listings, then posted 2 Facebook posts about it. That was it. You see, once we made it down to Guatemala for hurricane season and had a chance to take a bit of a rest, we noticed for the first … [Read more...]
Celebrating Our 4 Year Boat Anniversary
I hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day weekend. Melody and I would like to extend our gratitude and thanks to all the servicemen and women around the globe. Thank you for your service. We celebrated a small milestone, as this past Memorial Day weekend marked our four year boat anniversary. Yep, four years ago we hauled what was left of our belongings onto our new boat, and … [Read more...]
Shore Power Just Got Smarter
Few things freak me out more than a boat fire. Back in April of 2013, Mel and I were just three boats away from a boat that exploded on our dock in Fort Lauderdale. The owner suffered severe burns over 90% of his body, but escaped along with his wife and young son. All tolled, three boats were burned beyond salvage. Because of that incident, I never dog down the hatches in our … [Read more...]