Looking Back At Our Time Aboard

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...

Oct/Nov Budget

  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...

How We Pinched Our Pesos: September

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...
How Much Does It Cost To Cruise In Mexico?

How Much Does It Cost To Cruise In Mexico?

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...

Such Great Heights: Climbing 32′ Up the Mast

  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...

What’s Next?

  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...