Tag: Marina
Texas Coastal Cruising Mud Island to Matagorda Harbor Marina
The Texas coast – a place of natural beauty, commercial shipping, wildlife, and nature’s power. Sailing the intracoastal waterway (ICW) comes with its own challenges, but it’s an excellent way to see the beauty and experience the joys of the Texas Coastline. Here’s a video and blog about the ICW from Mud Island to Matagorda…
Preparing for a Hurricane on our Sailboat
Hurricane Laura was barreling toward us in the Galveston Bay. She was on track to land on Bolivar Island (where we got stuck in the mud), which is just 10 miles away. This put us on the verge of 100 kt winds, and we had 4 days to get ready. Did you enjoy the episode?…
How we plan to leave land and sail away.
We thought minimizing our stuff, selling the house, and buying the sailboat at the beginning of the COVID shutdown were going to be the hardest part of this journey. We were wrong. Leaving land is the hardest part. We’ve settled on 4 simple steps that we need to take in order to leave land. And…
Dinghy Fun Around Clear Lake
This week, we decided to take a break from sailing Cadence, and instead, we went out to watch the sailboat races on Clear Lake. There was just one problem with our plan…the dinghy was too small for the big waves! The original plan was to just jump around the corner to Kemah (in a protected…
Time to Sell, Time to Relax
Our life has been hectic in the last 2 months. Layered underneath all the sailboat shopping (see the Catalina 400 review or this Catalina 42 mkii walkthough) has been the need to sell all of our stuff! And boy, has it been an emotional roller coaster! It’s been one heck of a journey trying to…