We humans like our routines. It gives us a feeling of comfort – a sense of security in a chaotic world. When you live on a sailboat, you bend some of those rules but sometimes you can slip into complacency and before you know it you’re spending too much time at the dock falling back [...]
Vanity is thy name woman! Arms stretched to their limit, bordering on becoming monkey arms from carrying too many groceries much too far. You squish as much as you can into your backpack but still – monkey arms 20 minutes later. The liveaboard lament. It seems that when you live on a boat you are [...]
During the summer of 2003, we were visiting the book exchange at Lagoon Cove in the Broughton Archipegalo when we struck up a conversation with an older woman. She too was anchored in her modest sailboat while luxury yachts were tied to the marina docks anticipating the arrival of the happy hour celebrations that the marina is [...]
Socks. I love my socks. Or rather, I hate cold feet and therefore, I love socks. I have woollen socks for the winter, cute little tennis socks for the summer, special anti-wicking socks for long walks, dress socks for work and of course, bed socks that I wear to bed at night so that my [...]
You know, I am not sure how this all came to be, but right from the beginning, I was relegated to the first mate’s position. One of my duties was to hang on for dear life to any rope thrown my way and to do the unthinkable – jump from a moving vessel onto a [...]
Unlike a home where you have your supplies neatly organized – baking supplies here, soup tins there – on a boat you store your supplies wherever they fit. So you might find the bag of oatmeal occupying the space between your bowls and the tall jar of artichoke hearts nestled safely amongst your tea towels [...]