Mar 16, 2013
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...
Dec 20, 2012
We slacked last month and didn’t get our budget out as promised. Perhaps we’re sliding into manana time down here in Mexico? This post will therefore give the rundown for both our October and November expenses. Click here to see our Budget page with...
Sep 29, 2012
We did a lot better this month, mostly by avoiding the restaurants and bars. Boat refit costs went down as well, which will hopefully be an ongoing trend. We moved out to the boat today as well, so October will be the real test. We’ll still be hanging around...
Sep 1, 2012
Money, money, mon-eyyy! Everyone wonders how much it really costs to go cruising. We know, because we wondered ourselves, and we found it difficult to come up with an accurate estimate while planning our voyage. Although there are a handful of folks out there who...
Aug 29, 2012
We know, we know. We’ve been slacking a bit on the blog writing. Rest assured though, we’ve been far from slacking when it comes to boat projects down here. The big item at the very top of our “To-Do” list is, “Replace Necessary...
Aug 19, 2012
Selkie’s afloat now! That means we should be sailing off into the sunset in a few days, right? Ahhh…we wish. Alas, now we get to move on to the other list of projects – the ones that didn’t require dry dock. This list is long as well, but now we’re...