if only mexico city had a marina!
I guess the title says it all! After almost a year in baja, it was a huge change to spend a week in Mexico City with our visiting family. It […]
View ArticleThe Dutch invade La Paz!
After getting a healthy dose of history and culture in the capital, it was time to jump back on a plane and head to La Paz. Its never easy co-ordinating […]
View Articlenana’s fish chowder!
This simple recipe is one that I will miss while we are off the boat for the next few months. Sure I can make it in Holland, and probably will, […]
View Article“Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape”
So many people dream of buying a boat and escaping all the worries of the world. I can’t say we escaped ALL of the worries, but we did get away […]
View Article“Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Background”
This first shot is from Cuba, a little disappointed with the composition, but in my defense, I was pulled off to the side of the road on a rental scooter, […]
View Articleout of the frying pan, into the fridge
A week ago we were struggling to get used to the heat. We would get up in the morning to a cold 15kt wind, and about 15C in the cabin, […]
View Articlerefit flashback: rewiring and keeping the drinks cold
One of the more worrisome things I found on Sea Raven when we purchased her, was the state of the wiring. There was 12v DC some 110v AC and I […]
View Article“Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting”
Nine months seems so long at the beginning. Now with just weeks to go, it feels like a fleeting moment we will remember forever.
View ArticleNesting in Nijmegen
I’m getting lots of time to study and practice being a dad these days. Not that you can really rely on books or blogs to help, but it can’t hurt […]
View Article“Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves”
The progression of the curve that very soon will be our little girl!
View Article2 Weeks and counting down!
As B-day approaches, our days are occasionally interrupted by little bursts of humour from my beautiful co-pirate and baby mumma. Ok maybe I’m the only one who find some […]
View ArticleIf Alma could say anything, it would be “jeez its hot here”
The title pretty much sums up the last couple of weeks here in La Paz. While its great being back aboard Sea Raven, with the inside cabin temperatures hitting 35 […]
View Article180 degrees wrong, doesn’t get much better than that
I should have read the signs… not the weather forecasts, they were all perfect for the crossing, I mean the marlin I hooked who tried to drag us back into […]
View Articlewhen I grow up, I want to be a cruiser
For those of you wondering what a cruiser is, it is not an old bike from the 80′s, or a lonely soul out looking for love in all the wrong […]
View Articleadios La Paz!
Right, where was I…. We had just arrived back in La Paz, co-pirate’s toe was red and infected, I was running on maté, and there was an annoying north wind […]
View Articletwo weeks in taioha’e
We’ve been here in the Marquesas for 2 weeks, pretty much the whole time we have been anchored out in Taioha’e Bay on Nuku Hiva. Admittedly this wasn’t part of […]
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