Category Archives: Living on a boat
Location Independent
by Christine Kling I’m not a Facebook power user but still, lately, I haven’t much liked going to the site ever since they changed the design (again!) and now the About section on the upper left side of the page … Continue reading
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Is it Time?
By Mike Jastrzebski As we sit here in Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas Mary and I have been wondering if it’s time to give up the cruising lifestyle. On September 2nd of this year we will have been living aboard … Continue reading
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From a small boat in a small world
by Christine Kling Imagine how vast the earth must have seemed to the 18 men from Magellan’s Expedition who completed the first circumnavigation in 1522 by arriving in Seville almost exactly 3 years after they departed. Over 200 men died … Continue reading
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It’s a dog’s life
By Mike Jastrzebski First off, I’d like to apologize for missing my post last week. I have no real excuse–it’s this writer’s life I lead. Since our dog Belle has been complaining that Barney has been getting so much exposure … Continue reading
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By Mike Jastrzebski I’ve been trying to hit my goal of 50,000 words for April with Camp NaNoWriMo. So far this month I have written 46,212 words with two days left to hit my goal, hence the short post. Since … Continue reading
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By Mike Jastrzebski April is Camp NaNoWriMo month, a new effort on the part of those who brought us NaNoWriMo, or the National Novel Writing Month every November for a number of years now. The purpose of NaNoWriMo is to … Continue reading
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Back into the swing of writing
By Mike Jastrzebski It’s three in the morning and the rain and wind woke me a few minutes ago. I should have had this blog written yesterday but we moved the boat Saturday when the wind turned to the SW … Continue reading
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Weather worries redux
by Christine Kling After weeks of waiting on weather, Talespinner and Rough Draft departed Fort Lauderdale around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 17th and headed across the Gulf Stream towards the Memory Rock entrance to the Great Bahama Bank. The … Continue reading
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On our way
By Mike Jastrzebski It’s 2:00pm on Sunday the 17th and if you are reading this short post, then we are on our way to the Bahamas. We plan to up anchor at 5:00pm and if all goes well we’ll be crossing … Continue reading
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Addicted to the Internet
By Mike Jastrzebski Maybe dependent would be a better word than addicted. The biggest problem with the anchorage we are in is the lack of Internet service. Despite the fact that we have a high tech wifi antenna, we either … Continue reading
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