We are back from our trip to Texas. And on the way back from the trip I was inspired to write about why I would much rather see the world by boat than any other form of transportation.

Was it a gamble whether Zephyr would like sailing on MerSea? Hell yes!! He didn't seem to love our other boat, Foxie, very much.

So we did it! We crossed a big goal off of our list! We sailed to Moss Landing! What can I say about it? A lot.

I actually forget this nursery rhyme or whatever it is but it sounds perfect for the jumble of information that I'm about to post.

I'm going to put our personal adventures on hold for this week & introduce a few sailing reads that I've loved. I'll write about more in the future.

We finally made some breakthroughs! So happy! Matt finished up doing all the things that needed to be done around the engine area, so we were able to get the galley back into place!

So April 8th will be the 1 year anniversary of owning MerSea! We still believe we really lucked out when we found her.

Thankfully Matt is still plugging along & getting everything in ship-shape so that we don't have to repeat this hell of removing the galley again. Zephyr & I are basically there for moral support.

I've decided that this week I'm going to take a break from all of the boat issues we're having currently & go back about 5 months ago to a trip we took with my family: Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother in Law - Colin, & Niece - Ayla, to Belize!

Until we get our own YouTube channel, (which I'll have to see if there will be any demand for or if I'll be able to figure out just how to create one), I've decided to put the 6 channels of sailing vlogs that we watch on a regular basis.

Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Tears of frustration are abounding in our household right now.

Yay! We fixed the roller-furling by replacing the broken line with a brand new one.

I’ve been wanting to do a post like this for a while… I want to say how lucky I am to have the husband I do. Matt has been pretty damn awesome as my partner in this dream! -Which I hope becomes his own dream too.

What is a tabernacle? -You might ask. It's a device that allows us to motor under the bridge at our harbor. Is it kind of a pain? Yes. But are we lucky to have a slip at all even if we have to deal with this? Absolutely!!!

So now another obstacle, we had a Tsunami over the weekend! Everyone is fine & I don't think anyone's boat was damaged badly. We are all so lucky. Feeling for those in Tonga who aren't as fortunate.

It's April and we have just bought the boat, named her, stayed on her, started cleaning her up a little and then, of course, we want to go sailing!

This is to say we've been on our boat a lot in the last several months. We've been either sailing or fixing something.

OMG! I have been trying to post this for the last 2 months but life has been pretty busy! On April 8th we bought this 1984 Catalina 30 in the Santa Cruz Harbor & couldn't be happier!

Where do I even start?! This seems a bit overwhelming but it will just get more so if I put it off any longer. I guess I'll start with the present & go backwards.

No sailing last week. My husband was too busy. And while I think I could actually sail the boat on my own, there is no way I am willing to try & back the boat into the water.