Living aboard

01/09/2017

Boat Puzzles (or Getting Ahead)

Life on board can be cramped, uncomfortable and inconvenient. Despite this, I still LOVE it. To be fair, we’ve only been on board Iron Will a few weeks, but over the years I’ve lived on many boats full time while employed as crew in various…

Challenges, Living aboard, Maintenance

16/09/2017

Finally – we’re cruisers!

It’s an overcast grey morning and we’re anchored in a bay, surrounded by scrubby low land. There are a few other boats dotted around at anchor in the bay. We arrived yesterday, after finally, finally leaving our “home” berth in the marina and saying “adieu”…

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

11/10/2017

The Never-Ending Story

I thought we’d left “To Do” lists behind in our land-based, 9-5 jobs. Nope. Boats have to be the WORST for generating endless lists of Stuff To Do. We generally have a few on the go; Matt’s To Do List, Bel’s To Do List, Things…

Boatlife, Challenges, Living aboard, Maintenance

23/09/2017

Things I never thought I’d say

When you start living aboard a boat, your whole idea of “essential comforts” is thrown out the window. (Well, unless you’re loaded and can buy a whopping great gin-palace, complete with a crew in white uniforms). For most cruisers, especially those of us at the…

Boatlife, Kids on boats, Living aboard, Living the Dream, Musings