Someone recently asked us: “How did you make the decision to live on a boat?” And someone else asked: “What will you take away from this trip?” It was a road trip to Bellingham in September of 2011, the Pacific Ocean in our rearview mirror and...
It’s been a hell of a ride. We’re ending this trip and returning to the States to a lifestyle that will be a bit more mobile and a bit less stable than it once was. And that’s okay, it is all by design and things are going according to plan....
We figured it was time to give everyone a glimpse into how our boat is treating us. Often, when we would tell people our plan to move aboard a very narrow, 50 year old, 28’ foot sailboat with our golden retriever, a common response was a look of horror. There...
The Sea of Cortez is by no means uncharted territory, but it’s pretty damn close in some of these lesser traveled northern waters. For our navigation, we carry three cruising guidebooks* and paper charts for the Sea. We also have some fancy electronic charting...
For the faint of heart and/or those not interested in the scatalogical goings on within Selkie, now is the time to turn and run. For those that do care (you bunch of sickos), here’s the update on the composting head after three months of use. We love it and are...
After leaving Isla Partida right at sunset, we knew we had an adventurous night ahead of us. At the southern point of the island was an immense tidal rip that we’d been watching all day, proof of the power of the tidal currents in this area. As we rounded the point,...
