Hi friends! This week we are getting ready for our road trip to Wisconsin! We’re stopping in Chicago to visit Steve’s sister, driving to Yellowstone to do some camping, and then going to Wisconsin where we’ll be house sitting for three weeks. Since we’ve already done two cross country road trips together, we’ve gotten prettyContinue reading “Road Trip Prep Aboard SV Batland”
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Adventures & Travels
Happy Tuesday! I’m writing this one on my phone, from the car, in the Urbanna library parking lot. We’re headed to DC today, but before we leave Steve needed to take a meeting at 10am, thus the reason we’re at the library. Buoy isn’t necessarily allowed in the library, so we’re hanging out in theContinue reading “Adventures & Travels”
The Here and Now
Another week has come and gone and our Tuesday blog post is due! This week has been a fun one. We took friends who are thinking about getting into sailing out on Batland, varnishing was completed (for now), we started working on another porthole replacement, and we enjoyed life as it happened. Clearly, it’s beenContinue reading “The Here and Now”
Restful Days
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to this week’s chat about how we’re feeling aboard Batland. This week has been restful. We’ve worked on the boat here and there, gotten some big tasks done, and we’ve relaxed and snuggled while the weather was dreary. It’s important to have that balance. One can’t always be on the goContinue reading “Restful Days”
Bottling Up Sunshine
Happy Tuesday, readers! Today I’m writing to you from my childhood bedroom. I made the trip to NC this morning to gather some things for our road trip next month! I pushed the trip back because I may or may not have given myself a minor concussion. Unfortunately, a boat is a prime place toContinue reading “Bottling Up Sunshine”
Life, Loss, and Sailing
Sorry for the late blog. We got into Urbanna yesterday around 4pm and I didn’t want to rush the blog post. Thanks for understanding, and thanks for being here! 🙂 This week was a tough one for my (Skye’s) friend group. Two of my best friends from college both lost their grandmothers within a fewContinue reading “Life, Loss, and Sailing”
Hosting As Liveaboards
This weekend our parents flew and drove in to see us from NC and AZ. We’ve been trying to plan this weekend for a while now, and after canceling when Steve and I got COVID for the second time, we finally made it happen! The thing is, we’ve hosted my parents on the boat before.Continue reading “Hosting As Liveaboards”
Chasing Dolphins and Adventures
Happy Tuesday, Mentally Sailing friends! This week, I’m writing to you from one of our favorite coffee shops in Norfolk – COVA! It has a long history with Steve and I; having opened in 2020 when we met and being the first place Steve asked me to go to and I turned him down (oops).Continue reading “Chasing Dolphins and Adventures”
Be Fearless
Life is funny, don’t you think? We plan and plan and plan with hopes of everything going exactly as we’d like it. But, we all know it doesn’t work that way. It feels like things are turned upside down or shaken up, and then all of a sudden, without you even noticing it, things turnContinue reading “Be Fearless”
Oh How The Tables Turn
Happy Tuesday, everyone! It’s been another busy week aboard Batland. As many boat owners know, there is always a longggg list of things to do. This week we added more to our list with the large amounts of rain we got. We knew about a couple of leakst, which is one reason why we’re replacingContinue reading “Oh How The Tables Turn”
Mentally Sailing 