It has now been a little over 3 weeks since we slipped our lines at Ipswich harbor and began our summer adventure. Having so long anticipated this day, one would imagine that we would be exhilarated by our new-found freedom. I guess there have been a few moments of exhilaration, but a good portion of... Continue Reading →
With only two weeks to go before we leave the comfort of Ipswich harbor behind, we have quite list of chores to do before Pas de Deux is entirely seaworthy. The list is long and daunting and maybe impossible to complete. So, what to do when confronted with a series of insurmountable tasks basic to... Continue Reading →
Yes, Benn, Fuji, Pas de Deux, and I finally have plans to leave the harbor. While we knew this day would come (indeed, we hoped it would come about a year and a half ago), we didn’t expect it to come so soon — or with such little preparation. We had planned to spend a... Continue Reading →
As any cold-weather liveaboard boater knows, the biggest ordeal of the winter season is not surviving the freezing temperatures, but the condensation. About halfway into our first wet winter on Pas de Deux, Benn became obssessed with the idea of installing a multi-fuel burner in our boat. His argument was that a stove would not... Continue Reading →
It’s a bit early to judge, but so far 2018 has been a pretty good year. The whole family’s together once again (Benn, myself, Fuji, and our jaunty little S/V Pas de Deux) and we’ve been settling into life at our new, fancy marina. Sure, it’s been chilly, but it could be worse, and, even... Continue Reading →
Good news, everyone! After an exciting 10-month wait, the UK Home Office has granted me the right to live in the same country as my lawfully wedded husband! Not only that, but the “UK Decision Making Centre” gave me a generous 30 DAYS to enter the country, starting the day before I received my confirmation... Continue Reading →
There have been quite a few new developments in the little story of Pas de Deux, and I’m sorry to say that I’ve been very remiss in reporting them. Well, I apologize for that, but today I’m going to make up for it all by sharing the next thrilling and chilling installment in The Saga... Continue Reading →
For this fourth installment of our reviews of the Horatio Hornblower books, I must shamefully confess that I actually read the book 8 months ago and can’t really remember all that much about it. Rather than doing what any responsible reviewer would do and rereading the book, I’m just going to ride on the fact... Continue Reading →
I have to say that I’ve never thought of the Bayou Teche as the most likely place to stumble across a blue water multihull. It’s not that the Bayou Teche is a boat-free waterway; connected to the Atchafalaya River, it was an important artery for trade in the days when the swamps made travel... Continue Reading →
