Once all my friends had left me behind on this island to wait out parts for a new autopilot, I had no choice but to get to work. I started to design this blog and wrote. A lot. I sat out on my boat at sunsets, in cafes and bars with wifi, the random stranger […]
I had made it and this is what I had to look forward to? The exact life before I left, except I didn’t have work to interrupt my…work! My boat had had a salt water beating inside and out. Antigua: Post Passage Clean up and Fix up Aw, Acedia was safely on a mooring finally. […]
It was just before Christmas when Gaia and I were trying to determine an appropriate weather window for saying farewell to Bermuda and heading down to the Caribbean. We had decided that Antigua should be the ultimate destination as it was the most eastern island that proved to be one of the easiest for crew […]
The next few days after Gaia arrived and crews I met left Caribbean bound involved continued effort of attempting to settle in, trying to stay dry, communal dinners, and planning the getaway to Hamilton. There was an International Moth Regatta in town and we decided it would be more fun to sail over and check it […]
All that love, blood, sweat, and tears! Yet, it still led to a grueling 100-day count down this past summer and fall, which started at the end of July counting down to November 1, 2015. This is the date that marks the end of hurricane season, it is when most boats start looking at weather […]
Before I go on, I want to take the opportunity to thank all the wonderful people in my life. All of them. If I know you and you’re a positive person in my life, thank you!! Even if you’re not so positive, thank you for making me know that it’s the positive energy I want […]
Yes, there is crying in boat ownership. What can I say? I’m a girl. I didn’t mention, yet, the second time I sailed up the Piscataqua River (which has the 3rd fastest current of any river in the US) and I didn’t hit slack tide just right. The confused, conflicting tides created standing waves and white water […]
Where to start? Whenever I think about where to start the story on how I started sailing and living on a boat, I start jamming out to the theme song to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Now, this is a story all about how…. a girl who just wanted to learn how to sail, oh […]
s/v Acedia 