Part II of the great Catamaran versus Monohull debate. Part I is posted here, Cat vs. Mono – The Great Debate. So we’ve covered a lot of ground so far. Cost, Maintenance, Engines, Heeling, Deck Space, etc. Now we just need to take a look at a few more variables and … Read More
Cat vs. Mono — The Great Debate
All right, so this subject has never been broached before. Right? Cat versus Mono? No? Good, then I’ll be the first to discuss it. Ali and I sailed around the world on a 35′ Wildcat Catamaran. We returned, sold the boat, drove around for a couple of years in a … Read More
An Island to Oneself
A bit of an ode to Tom Neale, who penned An Island to Oneself back in 1966 and no doubt inspired many thousands of cruisers to detour their milk run circumnavigations to include a stop here. Tom “marooned” himself three separate times in order to live alone and forge a … Read More
Tahiti To-Do
Most people don’t come to Tahiti with the idea of doing a bunch of work, but that’s sort of what has happened to us. Admittedly, we could have done more to prepare our boat for sailing around the world. We’ve got a list of excuses for why we didn’t, but … Read More
The Dark Clouds
We’re getting close now. Close enough to list the things that have gone wrong on this passage. Blown our Code Zero sail. Would have been nice to have, but really wasn’t a big deal. Will look at getting it repaired, but realistically I think we may be due for a … Read More
Flying the Kite
Weather continues to cooperate nicely. For another day or two we plugged along at about 5 knots in light winds on the beam. Comfortable, safe, and stress-free. Can’t ask for much more than that out at sea. One afternoon the wind piped up a bit and we were flying along … Read More
Off the Hamster Wheel
Countdown is flying past. Down to eleven days now. The goal is to get off the dock, go sailing out in the bay, anchor out for a couple days to make sure everything is working as it should be, then grab some good weather and head to the Marquesas. The … Read More
Off to Portland
Grammy’s dog figured out that something was afoot, and she wasn’t going to be left behind. She’d hop up in the Porsche, fluff up the car cover, get all staticky, and take a quick nap in there, confident we wouldn’t disappear without that car. There’s a stamp you don’t see … Read More
Course Change Part III
See Course Change I and Course Change II if you haven’t already——-> Flying to Puerto Vallarta from Aruba at the tail end of the tourist season is not great. Let’s put it that way. From Aruba I flew to Atlanta, where my plane landed close to midnight. Because my next … Read More
Wanderlodge Work
We rented a house in Pensacola for three weeks, with the plan of “restoring” the bus in that time. That plan could have been considered, as I like to say, “putting lipstick on a pig.” Like those house flipping shows that throw fresh paint on top of everything, add a … Read More