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Which Way's West?

Adventures of a directionally challenged traveler

Category: Sailing

— Australia, Destinations, Oceania, Sailing, Stories from the Road —

Doubt, Disappointment, and Delays

May 19, 2023

I could title this post something click-bait-y like “10 reasons not to buy a boat” or “I hate sailing” and likely get more reads, but that just would not be me. Instead, this will be my usual SEO-failing fare from the heart, a heart currently full of disappointment and doubt; because, in the past 48… Read More Doubt, Disappointment, and Delays

— Sailing —

Boat Work Update Number 6547

April 18, 2023

I haven’t been writing much, mostly due to the rather absurd amount of boat work that we’ve been doing, but it has come to my attention that my lovely friends and family would like to know where the hell we are and what we’ve been doing, so brace yourselves for the boat work saga. Last… Read More Boat Work Update Number 6547

— Best of the Blog, Personal Ramblings, Sailing —

Anxiety at Sea

March 22, 2023

Fear is a funny thing, we all feel it, but rarely talk about it. It’s not popular or exciting to say that you are afraid, that you are anxious; instead, we are expected to hold it in, pretend we don’t feel it, put on a smile and tell the world everything’s fine – all while… Read More Anxiety at Sea

— Australia, Destinations, Oceania, Sailing —

Boat Work Galore

February 4, 2023

It has officially been four months since I posted and five months since we bought our beautiful boat, Avalon. What have we been up to during our radio silence? Well, I am here to tell you that boat ownership is most definitely not all sunsets, cocktails, and white sand…alas our current experience is a bit… Read More Boat Work Galore

— Australia, Destinations, Oceania, Sailing —

Avalon Spirit’s First Passage

September 18, 2022

Avalon Spirit finally splashed (was put back in the water) exactly a week ago, on Tuesday September 6th. We had really, really hoped that it would be much, much sooner than this, but, as I’ve already said, that was not to be. Instead, we had a month of the purchase process and weeks on the… Read More Avalon Spirit’s First Passage

— Australia, Destinations, Oceania, Sailing —

Buying a Catamaran: A Tale of Delays

September 6, 2022

Ten months later, I can almost say we have officially bought a boat! Though when I say almost, well, that’s a bit of a longer story. See, in October 2021, after almost four years of saving money, we quit our jobs in Geraldton to buy a sailboat. We sold or got rid of almost everything… Read More Buying a Catamaran: A Tale of Delays

— Best of the Blog, Personal Ramblings, Sailing —

Nine Months as Nomads

August 4, 2022

Kane and I left the last house that we lived full time at in late October 2021. That means that for nine months we have been nomads, bouncing between family’s homes, friend’s homes, hotels, other people’s boats, and more. I say we are nomads, because this lifestyle is chosen, whereas the Australian government would actually… Read More Nine Months as Nomads

— Personal Ramblings, Sailing —

The Changing Tides of Changing Plans

March 26, 2022
Ventura pier at sunset

There’s an old sailor’s saying that sailing plans are written in the sand at low tide and it is proving to be very true indeed. See, Kane and I are not on a boat and I am writing this from the kitchen table in the home of our very patient friends on the Sunshine Coast… Read More The Changing Tides of Changing Plans

— Life Abroad, Personal Ramblings, Sailing —

Sailing into the Future

December 23, 2021

As some of you may have noticed this blog has gone quiet over the past three years and properly silent over the past year and a half, but as of today that changes. See, there’s an adventure afoot and now I’ve got things to write about again. Kane and I are back in the USA… Read More Sailing into the Future

Inspiration

"A journey is a person itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us." John Steinbeck

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