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Rough Riding the Bluest Oceans
Our pilot boat chugged in at 7 am. Having engine problems and a dodgy outboard has some limitations when reversing out of a dock. Yes, Yoldia was small enough to take for a walk, but Read more…
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Oh Captain, My Captain
Every captain has a parrot, a wooden leg and an eye patch. Everyone knows that. I learned it when I was 4… But as I rocked up at my very first sailing boat (Fiddler) back Read more…
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New crew, new countries, and a shower
(Petite Piton, Saint Lucia) After putting it off for four or fourteen or maybe even a few more days than that; I’m proud to announce I’ve finally had a shower… I think the whole of Read more…
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Friday the Fourteenth
A terrible thing just happened… I found out it was February… I’m not quite sure how that happened!!?? And, to make things worse, someone just pointed out that Friday’s valentines day… After redigesting the mini Read more…
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Impossiblity is everything
The very best things I’ve ever done were all once labeled impossible. I’m a 29 year old barefooted gypsy, intrepidly traveling the world with a ginormous teddy and a cable-tied-together backpack; stopping regularly to gawk Read more…
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100 days of happiness
happiness ˈhapɪnɪs/ noun 1. the state of being happy. “she struggled to find happiness in her life” synonyms: contentment, pleasure, contentedness, satisfaction, cheerfulness,cheeriness, merriment, merriness, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, joyousness,joviality, jollity, jolliness, glee, blitheness, carefreeness, gladness,delight, good spirits, high spirits, light-heartedness, good cheer, well-being, enjoyment, felicity; exuberance, exhilaration, elation, ecstasy, delirium, jubilation, rapture,bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, beatitude, transports of delight; heaven,paradise, seventh heaven, cloud nine; humorousdelectation; rarejouissance “her Read more…
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If you have a Moment
Life takes you down some crazy paths… One moment you’re at work merrily swinging from the trees (or whatever it is you do) and then, in a spur of the moment decision, you’re merrily sailing Read more…
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Pirates, and we´re not even in the Carribean
When I was little I always wanted to be a pirate and go around commandeering tea and cake… I wish all pirates were that cool… So we (Three saffas, an Aussie, and the infamous bear) Read more…
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The Most Extraordinary Place on Earth
The first full crew photo Imagine a land where everyone drives a Ford Escourt… A land thousands of miles away from the real world… A land where alcohol is everywhere and food is scarce… A Read more…
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The Other Side of the World
“Wow, six months at sea; didn’t you get bored?” – A question I’m asked all too frequently… and every time I think about it carefully and say “Well, no.” And then they always ask “So Read more…