Party of Five

  Bequia….. Before I came cruising, I had absolutely ZERO idea that the island of Bequia even existed. While I struggled to truly appreciate this island on our first time around, my eyes are opened this time. I’m convinced this is the island people think of when they think “A Caribbean Paradise”. No really, let me set the scene for… Read more →

  This post is LONG LONG overdue… Unfortunately, I don’t even have a valid excuse as to why I have been so lazy with our blog posts this season. I can only apologize and say that I plan to get back to writing more frequently.   In our last blog post (the 2 year anniversary post) I described how we… Read more →

  Its official again.. We just passed our two year boataversary.   As I look back I realize our second year has been WAY different than our first year. Our first year we were like scared teenagers moving out on our own for the first time. We stressed out at every new anchorage and were trying to fix shit faster… Read more →

  Yes its official, we have added a real washing machine to Party of Five. I know that may be shocking to some, but laundry is one of the most tedious jobs aboard our boat. As the kids get bigger, its has only been getting harder. Eventually we just decided that having a machine aboard would increase our quality of… Read more →

  FAT MAN DOWN, I REPEAT,  WE HAVE A FAT MAN DOWN! Ok ok, maybe no one actually said that, but it was definitely the montage playing in my head as I lay dazed and confused in our cockpit. I stared up at the nice purple solar powered purple lights I recently installed and wondered “What in the hell just… Read more →