Well, I don’t know if “fun” would be the adjective we’d use for our trip so far. It started out okay. Then went downhill pretty quickly.

That’s what we’re hoping to say to Santa Cruz Harbor tomorrow morning at 8 AM! (Writing this on Monday, September 26th.) The time has finally come for our trip down to the Channel Islands! Yes! There was a ton or work to be done on MerSea in this last week!

Owning a sailboat takes commitment. It’s like adopting a pet, child or getting married. If you’re not willing to put the work in then you are going to very much regret going down that road. -Or at least complain much more than those who love their boats & love sailing.

Short & sweet, mmm… maybe not sweet. Fun! I’d say fun would be the better word.

The thing is, is that it’s easy to spend money on our boat. It’s kind of like a fourth family member.

We’re about a month away from our trip to the Channel Islands! I’m excited & a little anxious.

This past week I was reminded of another of Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise & The Hare. And after thinking about it for a while my take-away from it has changed completely from what it was trying to convey.

I had a bunch of stuff that I was going to write about this week but…

It's here! svMerSea.com! And you are here reading this!

OMG! No, I never stress out or worry or go into a catatonic, overwhelmed pose. I am laid back, fun & carefree! "Ha!" -says the universe! You have to get everything ready for the Channel Islands trip next month! What does that even mean?!

We have an official logo now! And........ a website is coming!

That's the sound of us checking a bunch of tasks off our to-do list for MerSea!

"She woke in the morning

She knew that her life had passed her by

And she called out a warning

Don't ever let life pass you by”

If fireworks happen in the fog & you can't see them, are they really fireworks?

This weekend we decided to anchor, basically down the street from our house, but in the ocean.

One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat.

I'm just going to give a spoiler alert at the beginning of the blog: Our trip to Monterey was NOT a disaster!

.....to get us out into the bay early enough to experience being on our boat under way in the dark. 3 AM to be truthful.

Three years ago today I had the revelation of what I wanted to do in my life: Sail Around The World! And this is some of what I've learned in that time.

Unfortunately that's what it feels like right now owning our sailboat, MerSea. However she's 38 years old.