Category: Diary

About a month ago we finally made the dream of living aboard a sailboat become a reality. The journey from making the decision to leap, to actually leaping, seemed painstakingly long at times but as is always the case, I look back now with rose tinted glasses. Or perhaps...

I’m sure you’re all bored of hearing me rabbit on so I thought I’d let Hot Chocolate, our Kadey Krogen 38, take centre stage with some pics of her in her current state! There’s a lot we want to do to make her more homely, but if we start...

Syracuse’s archaeological park Visiting Syracuse’s archaeological park is a must do when in Sicily. Just a five minute drive, or a half hour walk from the beautiful Ortygia lies Syracuse’s stunning ancient archaeological park and a visit here is well worth a few hours of your day. We visited...

‘If you guys do this it will be one hell of an adventure. Lots won’t go to plan or be easy but the adversity mixed with the euphoric moments will all come together to make a story worth telling. Possibly even a story worth living for. A yacht is...

When I imagined the dream it was full of adventure and sunsets and crystal clear waters. There were scary storms and tense repairs, there were mountain hikes and fishing successes. There were secluded beaches and palm trees and hammocks. There was not ice on the windows or scrubbing slime...

My least favourite things about living on a boat has been harder to write about than my favourite things, because I couldn’t find song material to base it on.  But fear not, my teenage years were not wasted and Adam is thrilled because it has meant he has got...

  Well, not exactly a Christmas without presents, but a Christmas without traditional presents. Christmas Market Mayhem Me and Adam got a bad case of ‘cabin fever’ this weekend.  We need the boat to pass a little safety test before we leave and we’ve been working hard to sort...

‘What’s living on a boat really like?’  Since moving onto a liveaboard this is one of the questions I get asked the most.  Well actually, that’s not entirely true.  I get questions like ‘Where do you shower?’  ‘How do you get water?’ and ‘Does it move all the time?’ ...

  With all the planning and saving it’s been easy to forget why we’re doing this and going sailing for the first time was just the adventure we needed..  Both of our lives have changed drastically over night, in so many ways.  It has been a hard few months. ...

  Saving money is not easy in this day and age.  The new number one thing Adam and I now say is….. ‘Sorry, we’ve got no money’ Obviously this is a lie.  What we really mean is that we have no money for fun because we have no jobs...