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• Shelburne, Nova Scotia

  

  Oh Shelburne how we love you. You can buy a lovely house here for $85,000, homemade icecream is only $2 a scoop and people would give you the shirt off of... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Mack Pack Repairs

  

  We needed to do 2 projects before leaving Shelbourne. Carl had to grind and pain the ports and I had to repair the MackPack from Mack Sails. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Nova Scotia Baby!

  

  What a great trip. We went up the Cape Cod Canal over to Ptown (Province Town), hung out for the night and met the crazy man at the fuel dock the next day.... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Kids, Shopping and Making Holes in the Boat

  

  Time seems to fly by but also stand still at the same time. For all the days that take forever to end you look back and think what happened to the first half... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Day Sailors

  

  Sorry to all day sailors but we think cruisers are more open minded and adventurous. We are staying here in Marion, MA on a mooring and often share the launch... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• May in MA

  

  I think I’ve been in Massachusetts for almost a month now and Carl for 2 weeks. We are on a mooring in Marion, a cute little town with the fanciest looking... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Bahama Re-cap

  Here's a photo montage I put together of our 2014 Bahamas trip. I'm still only learning how to use Corel Video Studio so its not that action packed. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Offshore Adventure

  We decided that it was best for me to fly north with the kids due to the chance of rough weather so Carl and I pooled our internet resources and found a couple... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Bahamas to Florida

  

  A lot has happened since my last post, it’s been hard to breathe lately with our crazy life. We are back in the States now. I’m in Massachusetts and Carl is (I... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Learning to Live….. Lessons from the Boat #1

  

  My spare time is pretty sparse these days and whenever we have a little breather I try and learn about the systems on the boat. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Burning the Midnight Oil

  

  Well it’s the 9pm, 1:30am, 3am, 4am, 5:30am oil. I know I can’t really bitch, I live on a big sailboat with my lovely family. But we did think that having a... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Easter Weekend

  

  Easter was almost forgotten about this year. We remembered just in time and hit the grocery store in Spanish Wells only to find out that they had sold out over ... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Making Mini Action Heroes

  

  Before moving onto the boat we had typical kids. They didn’t like heights, swimming in deep water, nervous about meeting new kids and scared of wearing clothes... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Jumping from Land to Water

  

  We’ve never really had a bunch of negative comments on the lifestyle we’ve chosen for us and our kids but you do see the look on peoples faces when you tell... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Sailing with New “crew”

  

  I was a little anxious about sailing with our new baby. Do babies get sea sick? How will I help sail the boat if I’m breast feeding the grazer? Do I continue... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• How to Survive Being a Family a 5?

  

  No really….. how do you survive being a family of 5 on a sailboat because we have NO CLUE! We thought our days would change once we got the babe home from the... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Day 3, the 13 Day Old Man Comes Home

  

  So we on on day 3 of having our baby home and I officially have a tired baby brain. Our little boy is a constant grazer keeping me up all hours of the day and... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Fun with Mum

  

  My mum has been here for 2 weeks now. I think she’s getting the worst vacation ever. Not much fun here hanging out at the dock. Her days are filled with taking... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Dreaming of the Exumas

  

  Today our little one is 1 week old. He celebrated with a great a latch and mumma snuggles. Its been a tough week and I mean TOUGH. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Crew–our Birth Story

  

  Like all mums that have been on this ferris wheel ride before,l I had made a rather detailed birth plan. I was to go into labour naturally and refuse all drugs... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL