top of page
Search
All Posts


Will Travel for Mattresses: Living our Best Land Life
April 9, 2022 Our V berth mattress is finally ready! It’s been a couple months that we’ve lived aboard and even though we love it, we...
2 min read


The Great Tile Pop of 2022
Mark’s started popping the tiles off of the galley and nav station counters. This actually ends up being a weeks long project, but the...
1 min read


Off the Dock and On to Nanaimo
March 26, 2022 We finally left the dock! it wasn’t without incident. Turns out I have COVID. I felt fine enough (just cold symptoms),...
3 min read


Unexpected Surprise: Island Visit
February 21, 2022 Turns out this February is colder than usual and the boat is fully iced into the marina. We’re not getting out of here...
2 min read


Live Aboard Life: One Month In
February 28, 2022 A month in and we’re getting used to the smaller space. We’re also having a great time playing ”is it a leak or is it...
2 min read


Some Goodbyes Aren’t so Tough: Moving Aboard the New Boat
February 2, 2022 Funny thing about buying a boat, selling the other one and deciding to move aboard in the span on 4 months…you just get...
1 min read


Keats Island: Spider bites and Mooring Balls
July 30-August 3 We have an awesome slip neighbour. He’s always helpful, but said there was no way we’d get a mooring ball at the...
3 min read


Orcas, Sea Snakes, and Stern ties
There was a porpoise too, but meh. 😂 So in a fit of mega creativity we went Gambier Island again, choosing to settle on Halkett Bay this...
3 min read


Firsts on Gambier Island.
As I sit here calming I keep asking myself the same question. Is that boat getting closer? It doesn’t matter how many youTube videos I...
2 min read


Sailing: Not as advertised on YouTube
After months of dreaming, researching, and planning, we bought a boat. Then we spent the next month doing repairs, sorting out weird...
2 min read


Last Couple of Weeks: What we’ve been up to.
Since we bought the boat three weeks ago, we’ve learned a ton…just not how to sail (haha). Knots. So many knots. We’ve tackled some...
1 min read


Boat Ownership – Overwhelmed with the Unknown.
The boat was pretty inexpensive in the grand scheme of things, considering COVID pricing on all things outdoors. Because of the price, we...
2 min read


S.V Crew’s Control – Our Accidental Race Boat
When we set out to buy our first boat, we wanted two things: one to learn on and one that could safely cruise the BC Coast. We both...
1 min read
bottom of page