Sitting with Uncertainty

I’m a planner. An implementer. Give me a project or a destination, and I kick into high gear. But ask me to dream up a grand vision or hand me a blank tile in Scrabble, and I freeze up. Stupid, but that’s the way it is. Conor is much stronger at the latter, which is likely […]

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

For our third November in a row, we left Sabática in her winter berth (this year it’s in Cartagena, Spain) and set off to visit as many family members and friends as possible within six weeks. Each year we’ve been getting a bit more efficient, and this time we were down to only six flights, […]

Perspective

My dad has always told me that in life you have to keep things in perspective. Cruising along on a boat on a vast sea is a great way to see that one is but a mere drop on this earth. When you can see majestic mountains, ancient towns, beach vacationers, huge variety of ships, […]

Plans for Summer 2024?

It’s already mid-April, and people are asking questions… Are we going to be sailing soon? Yes! We are currently finishing up small maintenance tasks on Sabática as well as waiting for a good patch of weather, but we hope to set sail for our new season within a couple of weeks. Woohoo! Where do we […]

Social Butterflies

Happy New Year! Typically, one would be looking ahead and setting goals and such for the new year. However, before I can do that, I need to look back a bit and catch up. Where have the last 2 1/2 months gone?! I’ve been quite remiss in posting, and for that I’m sorry. Ever since […]

And the Award goes to…

What a season we had this year with plans that worked, plans that didn’t, and the pleasure of having so many family and friends aboard. I thought a fun way to review the season would be to announce various awards that everyone and every place deserved. Ready? Drum roll, please… Countries Visited: Croatia wins for […]

What is Home?

Have you ever really thought to answer the question “What is Home?” I don’t think I had really thought a lot about it until last winter when we left Sabática docked in Sicily and started traveling to visit family, friends and different places. Nowhere felt like “home” anymore. We were truly nomads, so I started […]

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 […]

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 […]