This post is a collaboration with Macario Advantage, a non-profit organization run by our friends Magoe and Clair. We wanted to take some time out of our lives to hear about the goodness cruisers can accomplish, especially in this difficult time. We first met Magoe and Clair because we wanted to buy their boat! Sailing…
From almost the very first day that we talked about selling all of our things and living on a sailboat, we talked with the goal of circumnavigating in mind. It took us nearly ten years to get from starting to talk about sailing around the world to actually completing our goal. To complete a circumnavigation,…
One of the hardest parts about the cruising life is that friends come and go so frequently. When we say goodbye to someone, we never know when we might get to see them again. David is fond of saying “another day, another bay” because we truly don’t know when and where we might see someone…
It’s a tough time all over the world right now, and every cruiser we know is trapped somewhere and seriously contemplating their futures. The repercussions of the COVID-19 virus are going to be felt for years in our community. There are many people out there somewhere along the process of moving into the cruising life;…
David and I have been suffering lately from what one of our friends recently declared “senioritis”. In thinking about it, there are a lot of similarities between college and our adventure; 4-5 years (the five-year plan was mine!), steep learning curve, alcohol-heavy social environment, draining your bank account…. As we’ve recently discussed, we’ve got less…
About Marie Kondo & Tidying Up Marie Kondo is a Japanese woman who has been obsessed with tidying up her whole life. She’s sold millions of copies of her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and is an organization consultant. What spurred us to read her book? Starry Horizons is pretty small compared to…
Exercise has always been a part of our lives so it would make sense that we would exercise onboard Starry Horizons. However, it’s taken over four years to develop some good habits and settle into an exercise routine. Before Cruising Back in land life, David and I both had gym memberships to our fabulous neighborhood…
We arrived on the north side of Lombok after a rough two-night sail from the Komodo area. Marinas in Indonesia are extremely rare, but two of them are on the island of Lombok: Medana Bay Marina and Marina Del Rey. The Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia Rally was stopping in Medana Bay, and the timing worked well…