Living aboard

24/02/2017

Planning the leap!

It’s February 2017 and we are keen to go sailing. Pack up what we need, sell the rest, rent the house, buy a boat, pull the kids out of school and head off! So I’m Bel and my husband Matt and we both love being…

Living aboard

02/03/2017

Running away to sea

I’ve been thinking about my incredibly strong urge to up and leave. Ever since Matt reintroduced “The Dream” into our lives a few weeks ago, I’ve been so excited that I feel like I have ants in my pants. Sometimes I get so full of the compulsion to…

Challenges, Living aboard, Planning

27/05/2017

Sweet Dreams

We spent our first night on board at the weekend. Matt suggested we “camp out”, so we packed our pillows and sleeping bags, a washbag and towels, an esky with food and non-alcoholic champagne PLUS a ridiculous amount of Beanie Boos, books, torches, glow in…

Kids on boats, Living aboard, Living the Dream, Planning

19/06/2017

Past lives – working on boats

We’ve had some people asking about our past, before kids, when we used to work on boats. We met working on an awesome 50m private yacht with a crew of 12. This is a beautiful boat that just goes round and round and round the…

Living aboard, Living the Dream