Cleanliness is next to Godliness (+the inside)

Do you know that feeling of how you don’t really get to know a new home until you’ve deep cleaned her? Well, Sabática and I are getting intimate today. Today is Cleaning Day. Our first big one since we’ve moved aboard. Conor gets the outside, and I get the inside. One huge advantage to downsizing […]

Good Morning

It’s our fifth morning on Sabática since we moved aboard, and we’re just starting to get some new morning routines established. Conor is the early bird and he likes to rise with the sun and have his coffee, read a bit, check messages and the news, then go for a walk around the area. He’s […]

Where’s the Trader Joe’s?

It’s time to start cooking dinners on the boat. That requires ingredients. Unfortunately, we do not have a supermarket within walking distance of the marina, so I’m determined to head out and explore various small markets in our local area. You know you’ve reached a different level when you need to put on sunscreen to […]

imagine if you will

We had our first swim in the Mediterranean. Ok, technically the Adriatic Sea. Well, technically the Bay of Kotor. And, it’s just heavenly. I’m a wimpy swimmer in that I don’t do cold water. So that rules out all spots in Northern California. Here, though, the summer water temp has reached around 80 degrees F, […]

We’re not in kansas anymore

Porto Montenegro. This is where we first met Sabática back in April. I had to look the country of Montenegro up on a map (sorry, Montenegro!) as I didn’t know where it was. (Link provided in case anyone else needs to look it up!) Suffice to say it’s a Balkan country south of Croatia, north […]

The giant jigsaw puzzle

So how did we get to this point? How much time have you got?! In a nutshell, this dream started materializing in September 2021. Nine months later, all the pieces miraculously came together. We have some big puzzlers in our family. So, I’m likening the last nine months to completing a huge jigsaw puzzle. Imagine […]

The good, the bad, and the ugly

The Good We made it! It felt a small miracle to have arrived this whole way with all of our gear without incident. We enjoyed several great days in Ireland visiting family and friends, then flew to Dubrovnik, Croatia where we and our entourage of luggage were gratefully met by Alex #3. We stuffed everything […]

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Meet Sabática

She’s our new home for the next unforeseeable future. She is a 2019 Bali 4.1 catamaran, and we love her already. She’s beautiful and very comfortable with four bedrooms (berths) and two full bathrooms (heads). She’s not going to be winning any races, but Conor had me and my requirements in mind when figuring out […]