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I feel like it’s only in the spirit of the holiday season that I write about all the things that make living on the boat (and everywhere else we’ve stayed in between) full of joy. 1. Living on the water never gets old. Not only do we get to sail, but we get to wakeContinue reading “Merry BOATmas!”

We’ve had a lot of practice over the last few months to go through the grief process with our plans.  With things breaking, plans changing, life happening, we had to figure it out as we went.  I am no stranger to the grief process, as most of you know.  In fact, bereavement was one ofContinue reading “Grieving Your Plans 101”

Welp, it’s that time of the week again.  Time for me to break open the laptop and write all of my concerns and feelings and emotions down for everyone to read.  Time for you to hear our new and old news.  Time for me to figure out how to bring something so uncertain and confusingContinue reading “Trial and Error”

Guess who gets to keep their freakin’ boat! That’s right, WE DO! Last week we finally got word from our insurance company.  Truth is, we didn’t think it was good news at first.  Steve got a call that went straight to voicemail (for whatever reason) and we were so frustrated when we realized it wasContinue reading “SV Batland FOREVER”

Hello, Mentally Sailing readers! It’s another Tuesday, and here we are, still writing!  This is our 22nd blog post, can you believe that?!  It’s hard for me to believe that 22 weeks ago Steve and I had just set sail for our first long trip to Urbanna in July and now the weather is cooler,Continue reading “The Ride of Life”

It’s another Tuesday. Two weeks ago we were on our way to Urbanna, and at about the time the blog posted was when we first noticed we were taking in water. I’ve already told you all the story, and if you haven’t heard or read it you can check it out on last week’s blog.Continue reading “Waiting Games”

I now know why they say “you curse like a sailor”…. We left Cobb’s Marina in Norfolk a little before 9am and started heading North to Urbanna.  It was a bit chilly, but the sun was out and we had the autopilot on while reading our books.  It was lovely.  Then, the sun was coveredContinue reading “Hole in the Hull”

Happy Tuesday!  This blog is a bit different from the rest, and will contain quite a bit of personal information that lead to the choice of our new boat name, “Batland”.  It’s incredibly important to me and is probably one of my favorite stories in the whole world, so, I hope you enjoy this nextContinue reading “Discovering Batland”

This past week has been all about getting things done, quickly and in time for us to be out and back in the water from Monday to Monday.  We managed to get pretty much all that we needed to get finished done, or at least the necessary parts.  Someone from the marina yard sanded theContinue reading “The Ebb and Flow of Living Aboard”

“Babe?” Steve yells from the forward hatch that we are replacing (so really just a hole in our boat). “Yeah?” I respond as I’m opening our new decal and looking up installation instructions. “We have a blog tonight!” *I scurry to my computer, check the time, and note that I have 2 hours and 15Continue reading “Hold On To The Good Things”