“PORT out! STARBOARD home! POSH with a capital P.O.S.H.” Remember the grandpa, father of inventor Caractacus Potts (Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang) and his melodious tune? Well this is exactly what I sing to myself sometimes as I try to keep everything straight on board. Never in all my mid-western years did that little ditty ever make a…
FOODSCAPE *
Foodscape* is an idea that Sophia and I had … we have so many favorites and have had the best meals in every place we have visited, we thought it would be fun to share some of them! We decided to dedicate an entire post to our favorite foods and restaurants since we started our…
More Florida Cruising
This past week has been filled with quiet family time and getting to know the boat. Tony and I are learning how to travel and dock as a team, and we are settling easily into our roles and routines. The boat is lovely. Wandering down the inter-coastal has been a delightful experience. It is so…
We Christen Thee… Cortado
Built in 1973, our boat is a unique wooden-hulled Sportsman 40 HUCKINS. check out Huckins Yachts here — (below is the poem we read at our christening event 5 November, 2014) CORTADO Let this be our quiet place, Our small haven from the noise and bustle of everyday. Let us find within these walls of…
JENNIE MAC + CORTADO
We did it! We managed to pack all our things, fly down to Jacksonville and bought ourselves a beautiful Huckins yacht. As Tony says, “this is a dream we never knew we had…” These photos are of the transom being hand-lettered by Larry Dillon who has supposedly painted most every Huckins transom for the last…
Preparing for Life on the Water
This is a fabulous example (thank you artist Andy Whitlock) of our situation right now. We have lists! So many lists. Ok not exactly. We have one main list that Tony organizes, monitors and soundly revises and then there are the 14,000 lists that are in my head. All scattered, un-alphabetized and jammed with worry…
Recharging our Batteries.
Arriving home from two months in Europe was sooo nice. No matter where one has been or how long gone, there is nothing quite like sleeping in your own bed. But there was no rest for the weary here, as we had only a short two weeks to get ready to move to Florida…
Salo, Torbole and Arco
Arriving in Salo on the west coast of Lake Garda was a vision. Salo is a gorgeous town – which we would have never known, had Sophia not discovered it while researching her geography project in early September. After lunch, we drove the last hour north to Torbole which was possibly one of the most…
Southern France and the Alps
Our plan was to get to Avignon, France for dinner. We were interested in the Palais-des-Papes: an enormous “palace” built for the Catholic Popes who were no longer safe in Italy. They moved to France for about 70 years in the 14th century and ruled with an iron fist from there. The Palace of the…
Traveling is All about Relationships
We are so grateful for the relationships we have made over the years and treasure them. In the sailing world, these friendships are vital to living a quality nomadic life. We feel comfortable traveling to so many places, because we know we will be seeing friends! This also opens up the world for the kids…
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