Living aboard: Week 1
02/08/2017

Living aboard: Week 1

We’ve been living aboard for a week now.  It’s mostly great but there are still plenty of challenges.  We still have piles of crap everywhere, are struggling to stow everything, walk for miles to get to the car, lug shopping around in the boiling sun…

Challenges, Living aboard, Living the Dream
The Sea Stewarts on ABCs The Drum
08/08/2017

The Sea Stewarts on ABCs The Drum

We were on TV on Friday night!  This was the filming the ABC did with us back in July; it was going to be screened the same week but got delayed. We were going out to the Reef Festival on Friday night, walking into town…

Living the Dream
We ain’t going anywhere!
13/08/2017

We ain’t going anywhere!

We’re staying another month.  We talked about it last night and the outstanding repairs can’t really be done at anchor.  It’s not like they’re optional works either; the boat needs to get this stuff done to be safe to sail, so we don’t really have…

Challenges, Living aboard, Living the Dream, Maintenance, Planning
Finally – we’re cruisers!
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