The Story

Living Aboard?

Sounds intriguing...sounds adventurous...

"OK..., lets do it!"

Hmmmm, we don't have a big enough boat yet...

Hmmmm, I've only sailed one summer...

"Ahhh, we'll figure it out."

I recall having this conversion with Steve when I was 23 years old. We had just gotten engaged and were sailing on his 23 foot sailboat. A sailboat I might add that he and his 2 college room-mates bought on credit cards....and I believe the boats original name was "Breaking Wind"!

I'm sure most people thought this dream of ours was truly just us "Breaking Wind."

Now flash forward 2 kids and 14 years later.

In order to get the "ocean going sailboat" we had to renovate and sell our first home, rebuild and sell a family camp, and construct & sell a waterfront camp. This took us 7 years and a lot of lumber!

Part way through this process we realized we had to come up with a way to fund the trip. We knew we could try to get "pick-up jobs" along the way but also knew we couldn't rely on this. So we said, "We're good at construction, let's just build and sell a home. People do it all the time...Easy right?" Well, the building part took us 6 years and the selling part is taking us 3 years and counting. The drop in the economy was NOT in the "sail away" plan!

With that said, the other thing we've been forced to notice is that our kids keep growing but the boat stays the same size! This realization has left us with a very small "window of opportunity" to do this thing. Emma & Madeline are 5 & 8 years old now and "just" fit, as you would say!

So...OFF WE GO!