Tag: Sailing Lessons
Defeated By The Thorny Path
Plans kill sailors. That’s what did us in while sailing the thorny path. Plans that included us trying to: Most people we speak to, motor the thorny path. Calm seas, calm air, and engine on. We chose to sail it. The video shows the results. What do you think? Did we make a good decision?…
24 Lessons After 24 Months of Living on a Sailboat
I can’t believe it’s been two years this month of us trading in our suburb house and buying a sailboat!!! 24 months ago we bought Cadence, moved onto the sailboat, and learned to call her home (err, tiny home). And immediately the lessons and discoveries rolled in! So in today’s video (and blog post) we…
Is It Dangerous to Sail Offshore?
We only just finished our ASA 101 sailing lessons with Windward Seaventure, but after a few days of preparing Cadence, our Catalina 387, we’re off for an overnight cruise into the Gulf of Mexico. It might be foolish for us, an inexperienced sailing family, to go offshore in our floating home, but we’re under the…
Getting Schooled: American Sailing Association 101
Seeing as though we’re shopping for a sailboat, we should probably learn how to sail. We recently complete ASA 101, which the first certified sailing lesson from the American Sailing Association. Surprisingly, sailing is (can be) quite simple. There are a few ropes…eh hum, “lines” and “sheets” to pull and a big steering wheel. If…