Since we have no immediate plan to move our boat, and thus no ability to shoot some new and exciting sailing footage of our own, I thought that I'd share this super-professional promo video for our friends' sailing school, LTD Sailing. In case you haven't guessed, the LTD in their business name stands for Living The Dream, and it's something that these guys are most definitely doing! Living The Dream! I watched this video again earlier today and I couldn't help…
Every once in a while I'll read how someone on the internet has acquired a sailboat with the idea that, instead of a recreational cruiser or racer, it could be used as a bug-out vehicle in case SHTF (you know what hits the fan). I'm a bit of a fan of the post-apocalyptic genre of novels and movies, and the book that I just started reading, One Second After, got me thinking about this. The novel, which I'm only just…
It's been a long time since I've posted anything about hiking, which may be an indicator that our fun:suck ratio is out of whack. Our friends Bob and Sarah from the sailing vessel Rhapsody were eager to go for a walk though, so we scheduled that for yesterday morning. As it turns out, we got a bit carried away by the scenery, and our walk turned into a major hike as we completed the entire 10-mile Saint Anne Loop. Note: I just…
This morning, while deliberating on what I was going to write about today, I was presented with a link to this wonderful video documenting the history of cycling. Thanks Bikepacking.com for sharing, and Blackburn for producing the film. I think it's a great piece, and well worth the 18 minutes that it'll take to go through it. Seriously, there's some pretty cool history here! "Comes With Baggage" is a lighthearted history of bicycle travel in the Americas, that makes you want to sell…
Here are the facts. In July 2015, approximately 20 months ago, we purchased our present boat. Not much more than a month after taking possession, we unfortunately discovered that there was an issue with her. An issue that we later determined was extremely significant. Last spring we initiated a lawsuit to deal with this problem, and it's been going on ever since. It's for this reason that we're still sitting here in Martinique instead of exploring new-to-us waters. Many people have…
Facebook's on-this-day feature is a bit of a double edged sword. Sometimes it acts as a wonderful reminder to fond memories, bringing up people, places and things that we haven't thought about in some time. There are other times, however, when it only serves to dredge up items that bring with them less-than-positive feelings. So it was today. A reminder that showed up today. One of Facebook's offerings today was a blog post that I wrote one year ago entitled, It's tough…