Crazy Korčula

After one night in Luke Polače, we left for the island and town of Korčula. Yet another first – we actually had enough wind to raise the sails! Conor had fun futzing with trimming the sails while I constantly read out our travel speed. I don’t think it made any difference, but Conor enjoyed the […]

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Croatia or Austin, TX?

The real adventure is beginning – ahead of us is all unknown and only extremely loosely planned. We’re making our way north up the coast of Croatia and picking spots to stop as we go.  While we loved the quaint spot of Luka Prozura, we had no internet. And yes, it’s wonderful to completely unplug […]

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A Day of Firsts

I missed out on our stopover in Dubrovnik, so I’m sorry I can’t share anything about it yet. I heard from all the McGanns that the Old City is amazing. We’ll be passing back through in September, though, so stay tuned… Darragh, Cathy, Eve and Luke headed back to Dublin yesterday after a wonderful near […]

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Sounds of Sabática

You know how when you lose the ability to use one of your senses, the others kick up into higher gear? Well, on the day we were making our passage from Montenegro to Croatia, I was under the weather, so unfortunately I missed out on participating in and even seeing the passage from above. I […]

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More on Tivat

With slightly cooler temps and/or early morning breezes, I start up taking morning walks. (Back in California, I love my morning walks with my walking buddies – Katie, Kate, and Kirsteen. Katie and I have been walking religiously for what, nearly 15 years now?!? And looking at that list, I’m wondering if your name needs […]

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Relief from the Heat

Mercifully, we finally received some relief from the crazy heat. 1) in the form of nature, and 2) in man made forms.  Rain Or, a day-long thunderstorm, to be exact. I know some people love storms, and I have never understood that. Pelting rain, wild winds, and fork lightning are quite the site anywhere, but […]

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Our First Excursion

Skipper and crew are ready to make their first overnight excursion. Woohoo! We aren’t going far, but baby steps are not a bad thing. We’re going to visit Kotor. This will be our third visit to the beautiful town, but the first by boat.  Here you can see a map of the Bay of Kotor. […]

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More McGanns!

Conor’s brother (Darragh) and his wife (Cathy) and two of their kids (Eve, 17, and Luke, 13) arrive from Dublin for a summer vacation. We are excited to have them on board for the next two weeks and are thrilled we can host a lovely sun holiday for them. 🙂 First order of business for […]

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All in a Day’s Work

Work days. They’ve been happening a lot since we’ve had so much to get set up and organized on the boat. Most of the big projects are Conor’s. I spend the time working away on my laptop either with my college consulting course or writing blog posts. 🙂 Conor spends time on his laptop too […]

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Our first visitors!

Our great friends, Ava & David, arrived a few days ago and we’re thrilled to have them as our first guests since we became liveaboards! You might remember they joined us in Lisbon last November, so they saw the first boat we were looking at. They are the only ones to really know how far […]

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