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We arrived to the vessel in Ft. Lauderdale around 11:30pm last night. We arrived to the S/V Moerae via dingy. We waited until morning before unloading everything from the car. All safe onboard and starting to unpack everything today and get things organized for our adventure!

On to the second leg of the journey to the S/V Bilancia. An 18 hour adventure to Boca Raton. Six dog throw ups later we made it to Tallahassee. Hoping to end our road trip tomorrow and move aboard. “You can never cross an ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of theContinue reading “Further South”

With our lives packed into four hockey duffel bags and sporting some Santa hats we headed south. The first leg of our trip to move aboard the S/V Bilancia involved a 24 hour drive to Arkansas. I think I’m still in shock. What can’t be documented is the last two years of family discussions aboutContinue reading “South bound”

We are still making our way down to Ft. Lauderdale. No huge disasters yet. We did have one dog throw up to deal with…..which I will not go into details about but lets just say Sampson has excellent aim. Note to self: Don’t over feed an 80 pound animal before a car trip. I loveContinue reading “Still truckin.”

January 6, 2021 “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain Today the adventure truly begins, 17 hour road trip to theContinue reading “The Drive……”

A long story short. We are a family of four who are moving onto the S/V Bilancia, a 42 foot Manta Catamaran. This isn’t our first (mis?)adventure aboard a sailboat however. Our first vessel was a 38 foot Prout Catamaran, named the S/V Moerae. We found out we were pregnant with our first child twoContinue reading “So it begins….again”