August 29th- 2025 Yesterday was the last day we got to spend with our son in Stuart, FL. My husband and I are now empty-nesters and semi-retired so we have the freedom and flexibility to travel on our boat a little bit more than before when he was living aboard and in school. Our sonContinue reading “East Coast Trip 2025- Leaving Stuart, FL”
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A New Chapter
Ok, let’s catch up. If you were paying ANY attention to the timeline…you’ll notice that we had QUITE the stint of hanging out in Stuart, FL from August 2021-December of 2024. Wow did the time fly. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that we didn’t really get to take any decent sailing trips during thatContinue reading “A New Chapter”
Learning to Liveaboard- 60+ Reasons to Love Boat Life
Adventures in Boat Life- A Teenager’s View
During our first cruising year, June of 2020- June of 2021, our teen son was “boatschooled.” One of his topics was writing/journal entries. He was given a couple of prompts, to help jump start his thoughts…and this is what he wrote. I think it’s a great perspective, and hopefully gives other teens some motivation whenContinue reading “Adventures in Boat Life- A Teenager’s View”
Reflections (and lessons learned) from our first year of boat life
As I look back on our year of being a liveaboard family, all I can do is smile. Thinking about all of the adventures we’ve been through, things we’ve learned, and experiences we’ve had….I wouldn’t change a thing! We started our journey after day 30 of the COVID isolation in April, 2020. After assessing ourContinue reading “Reflections (and lessons learned) from our first year of boat life”
Florida Keys Trip, Part 3 of 4- Marathon/Boot Key Harbor & Big Pine Key
Missed part 2? Check it out here!! Sunday, Dec. 27th- Lifted the anchor early so that we could start the 25nm trek to Marathon and Boot Key Harbor. We knew another fierce wind was coming soon, this time from the Northeast. Approaching BKH from the Northeast, you get to see popular places of interest suchContinue reading “Florida Keys Trip, Part 3 of 4- Marathon/Boot Key Harbor & Big Pine Key”
DESTINATION: Stuart, FL // Our Maiden Voyage Down the Florida ICW
This was the moment we’d been waiting for! The maiden voyage of Konstantina. Join the adventure as we sail from St. Augustine, FL to Stuart along the Florida Intracoastal Waterway. Experience what it’s like to hail a bridge tender, sail through a bascule bridge, be overtaken by million dollar boats, see dolphins, and raise theContinue reading “DESTINATION: Stuart, FL // Our Maiden Voyage Down the Florida ICW”
DESTINATION: Boat Shopping // We’re buying a boat and don’t even know how to sail!
That’s right! We are buying a boat and don’t even know how to sail! (But we’re learning!) Our new video is coming out soon and it’s all about the process we went through to find a boat including the how, what, when, where and WHY!
DESTINATION: Packing // How’s this going to fit??
We packed up our stuff early in order to rent our house. Little did we realize that 39 days is a REALLY short amount of time to get it done…but…we did it!
Day 1 (on day 28)
4/9/2020- Well folks, here I go again, blogging! I usually do this when we (our family) starts new adventures, and that is the case! It’s day 28 of the Coronavirus Quarantine…can you believe it? Almost a whole month of staying at home. Luckily, we don’t have the virus, and we are doing our best toContinue reading “Day 1 (on day 28)”
Destination Adrift 