We’re off. Well, not off, off but our summer cruising season has begun. We’re getting started about six weeks later than I thought we would, but that’s pretty normal. Boaters usually underestimate how long it will take them to finish off their to-do list. (Even thinking one can finish a to-do list is ridiculous.) WeContinue reading “Spiders’ Webs and Marinas”
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Projects
You may think from the photos we post that days are always sunny, the beaches are always sandy and our afternoons are spent sipping drinks with little paper umbrellas in them. Unfortunately, that is not the case. There are always a million things to do on a boat. Cambria is a well made and wellContinue reading “Projects”
This Site
Welcome to our site. It is a place for us to post updates about our sailing trip as well as being a hub for our various social media sites–i.e. Instagram. We are teachers so we’ll write a few “teacherish” posts once in a while that explain some of the basics of sailing and life onContinue reading “This Site”
Our Plan
It’s time to dust off this page and give it an update because as Bob Dylan sang, the times they are a-changin’. I won’t delete the original text. I’ll leave it below. It’s fun to see what we thought would happen on this trip. Cambria will soon be loaded on a freighter in Brisbane, AustraliaContinue reading “Our Plan”
Cambria
Cambria is a 43 foot Westerly Ocean. She was built in England in 1998 so she’s twenty years young. She was well built, has been well maintained and has crossed oceans before so we know she will take good care of us. Here are some photos showing her general layout. As you can see weContinue reading “Cambria”