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Chapter 90: “Island Time”, Weather and Easter, Can We Do This?!?

We left Mayaguana in the Bahamas at sunset on Thursday in order to reach the Turks and Caicos ahead of the expected weather front on Friday afternoon. We had already cleared out of the Bahamas in Georgetown so we could… Continue Reading →

Chapter 89: Learning…Always Learning

Never get comfortable. That’s really what I need to learn. Boats don’t want you to be comfortable. Unless you own a superyacht with paid crew-then you can be as comfortable as you want. Otherwise, not so much. What I need… Continue Reading →

Chapter 88: The One With the Lightning Rod

When our son was little, he love a show called “Rescue Heroes”. He watched all the videos over and over and had all the toys and gear. We spend endless hours playing Rescue Heroes. His favorite episode was called “Electrical… Continue Reading →

Chapter 87: Beauty and Sadness in the Exuma Land and Sea Park

We have had a pleasant trip so far along the Exumas.  We started in Warderick Wells and were very excited to visit the famed Exuma Land and Sea Park. We started the day with Bob cooking a great breakfast and… Continue Reading →

Chapter 86: Boat Tour!! Part II

As promised, here’s a link to a video tour of the interior of Meraviglia, so you can get a sense of how we live aboard! And the image for this post? Yep, that’s a shark under our boat.

Chapter 85: The Other Shoe…

I think I have PTSD. Boat PTSD. Kim and I spent so much time, so much effort, and so much money fixing all the things broken on Meraviglia, that now, it’s hard for me to enjoy myself, even though we… Continue Reading →

Chapter 84: Things Take Longer

Three weeks. That’s how long it’s been since we were connected. Three weeks ago, we spent one night in a marina. Since then, we’ve been at anchor. Of course, two weeks of that was in West Palm Beach, where there… Continue Reading →

Chapter 83: Great Harbour Cay and Shark Creek Beach!

Wednesday was a great first full day in the Bahamas!  We started the day doing some boat chores after our passage here. We needed to do some cleaning as well as make some water! With the chores out of the… Continue Reading →

Chapter 82: The One Where We Become Expats

I mean, I guess we’re expats? An expatriate is someone who lives outside their home country. We live on our boat and now our boat is in a foreign country, so… Anyway, we finally exited Stage East. After spending 2… Continue Reading →

Chapter 81: Progress but yet…

We arrived in West Palm beach on the 15th of February.  We spent one night at a marina the weekend we arrived to top off our power but since then have been at anchor. We are now over 10 days… Continue Reading →

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