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As I write this opening sentence, it was a year ago today that we boarded a flight in Grenada back to the UK. A whole year since we last felt the Caribbean sun on our faces. 364 days since that chapter of our life called Sailing Mirounga ended. Or is it? We shall see… Stability […]

Hi. How are YOU? We’ve missed you. Somehow, it’s been 6 months since we enjoyed our last sail and signed over ownership of Mirounga. We left her a few days later and got back to Scotland on May 9th. I’ve wanted to give updates so many times, but I just haven’t had the chance. To […]

I can never resist stealing that line from Douglas Adams. It’s just so good. A few people said to me when I was mulling out loud about the future of our blog and social media feeds, that I’d know what to do when the time came. You were right. Thank you. I had thought I […]

Every time I sit down to write, I get distracted. Usually, by looking at pretty houses, or by making our homecoming plans. It speaks to the transitional phase we’re in, and how all over the place we are. How all over the place I am, though that’s nothing new. I’m feeling like we’re between lives, […]

I had meant to write a snapshot week this week, because it’s a biggie. We’ve got a huge hurdle in the sale of Mirounga to leap, and I have a couple of other big things going on personally. In the end, though, I can’t bear to write a day by day account. Some part of […]

This week runs straight on from the last snapshot, so we cover my dad’s full trip with us. This means that we’re starting the week in Union Island, after three nights away from Bequia. Sunday 27 March We wake up after a very peaceful, comfortable night in Chatham Bay. It’s been such a nice change […]

Finally, time for a snapshot again. There’s just been no point, as most weeks have had highlights and fun, but also a lot of blah days. Bequia life goes on. We’ve continued to be social, and even made it out on a rum shop tour. We had a very memorable soaking taking friends Evan and […]

I never meant to go so long without writing. I’ve had so many blog thoughts ready to flow out of my fingers, and so little time. They pass me by. Keep me awake at night. Then, by the time I might sit down to write, they’re gone. I had thought to write a snapshot a […]

I said last time that I didn’t know how often I’d write these snapshot blogs moving forward. I’m still not sure, but this was our last intense week of sailing so it couldn’t go uncovered. If the last snapshot covered our most triumphant week onboard, this week was probably one of the worst, for me […]

We almost can’t believe it but it’s a year today since we posted our first blogs! We started to post six weeks before moving to Bequia, and started by introducing ourselves and sharing our sailing history. Then the blog has become about moving to the Caribbean, adjusting to life onboard, and our adventures sailing the […]