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My Apologies to New England

After spending two beautiful months in parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, I never managed to post one blog about this charming, historical, and friendly area. My apologies New England.
Last year we whizzed through the area, as we we…

Nightmare Watch

Location: Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island
Coordinates: 41° 41.111′ N  71° 26.792′ W
When reading Dave’s recent Night Watch blog, you can almost hear The Eagles in the background singing, “I’ve gotta peaceful, easy feelin…

Think OCEAN! Vote Ayla!

Location: New Bern, North Carolina
Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation has announced the finalist for their 2010 Ocean Hero Award. Ayla is humbled and greatly honored to be selected as one of their five J…

20 Questions Part 3: Dangers at Sea

Location: Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates: 27° 20.036′ N 82° 32.814′ W
Grab your favorite snack and a beverage, this is a long one. Sections and questions are in bold, hopefully making it easier for you to go right to your area of intere…

20 Questions Part 2: Routines and Cruising Schedules

Location: Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates: 27° 20.036′ N 82° 32.814′ W
Hi all! Please excuse the long delay between my first Q&A blog and this one. I took advantage of being “close” to Texas (at least as close as we’v…

20 Questions About Living Aboard — Part 1

Location: Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates: 27° 20.036′ N 82° 32.814′ W
Recently I have been exchanging emails with a family in the Pacific Northwest who are contemplating embarking on a similar adventure to what we have been up to on Three…

Happy New Year from the Sun Coast!

Location: Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates: 27° 20.036′ N  82° 32.814′ W
As I write this blog at 6:30 pm on Sunday, it’s a chilly 38 degrees outside, with a crisp breeze bringing the wind chill to 31. “Not bad for Boulder, Colo…

Night Watch

[Note:  I wrote this blog the other night, but I didn’t have a chance to post it until we reached our destination today.]
It’s 10:00pm, and we’re about five miles off the coast of New Jersey on a northeast heading. We left the Cape May inl…

Three@Sea on TV?

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Maybe.
We have partnered with Atherton Pictures, a New Orleans-based television production company to pitch a weekly television series to the networks. It’s too early to know what the chances are for actually placing a television show, but the …

We’re Microwaving!

Location: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Coordinates: 35° 13.737′ N  75° 21.938′ W
One day when Ayla was a little girl we were out for a hike on a beautiful Fall day, when we spotted a flock of Canada Geese flying south.  Ayla pointed t…