Recent Accomplishments

The last couple of weeks have been productive. We’ve accomplished the following: I’ll elaborate and tell you about our most recent escapades… Getting Sabática back in the water It only took three nights and four days for NAVAR Yacht Services in Tivat to complete all the work needed for Sabática. (They were very on the […]

Full Circle

We made it to the northern city of Durrës for a night, successfully checked out of Albania after a great three weeks, and had agreeable conditions such that we could make it all the way up to Bar, Montenegro the next day. Remember, we had not even planned to visit Albania, let alone Montenegro, this […]

Fourth Time’s a Charm

Ok, so we’re still in Albania. We’ve entered Sarandë port four times now (three more than expected) in the past two weeks. We’ve anchored out at Livadhi Beach on four different occasions and have sailed passed the Green Coast four times as well. We evolved from Plan B to Plan C. We’ve had two rounds […]

Greece! Just Kidding…

I had many potential titles for this post. They included “Forget Greece” or “I Hate Greece” or “Back Sooner than We Thought” or simply “Some Things are Not Meant to Be.” I thought I might regret some of those early options. Our plan was to make the short hop from Albania to Greece where we […]

Albania – Who Knew?

We had heard different things about Albania, so weren’t quite sure what to expect. We were very pleasantly surprised at what we experienced and would definitely recommend a visit! Why come to Albania you might ask? Well, to be honest, as boaters with a non-EU flagged vessel, our first reason was to get Sabática out […]

Our One Year Anniversary!

Wow. Where does the time go? This time last year we were just moving aboard Sabática. We have come a long way – geographically and metaphorically. This past week is case in point. Our job this past week has simply been to move the boat a fair distance as we prepare to leave Italy. We’ve […]

Adopting the Italian Lifestyle?

Adventure. Unique, out-of-the-box experience. Sightseeing. Exploring a new country. Quality family time. Rest and relaxation. These are all different reasons family and friends have come to visit us on Sabática. Some have even come just for our company. 🙂 Our most recent guests included my brother, Lon, my sister-in-law, Nicole, and our cousin, Jon. All […]

“How are we even here?”

That was the quote of the week by our sweet cousin, Abby. “Unreal.” “Surreal.” Those were other words used by her and her brother, Max, as they and their parents, Mark and Alice, spent the week with us aboard Sabática cruising around the Gulf of Naples. It was truly a fabulous week, and we were […]

Feeling like real Cruisers

After Dad and Jeffrey departed, we started to finally make our way out of Sicily. We headed north in the direction of the Bay of Naples to meet up with more family arriving soon. It feels like we have begun a new phase. With one sailing season and one winter now behind us, and some […]

The Experience of a Lifetime

The “Greatest Sports” award goes out to my dad and our dear family friend, Jeffrey. We had the best laid plans to share some nice parts of Sicily and then Malta with them. However, as they quickly learned, the weather dictates everything about boat life. It was extremely unfortunate that during their nine nights with […]