We’ve been living 2023’s boat-life on Nancy Lu since January 29th, and my Chaco sandal tan lines are in progress! It’s hard to believe that we’ve been dividing our years between time on land and time on the sea since 2011, only taking 2021 off in the aftermath of the pandemic. Since Nancy Lu’s been … Continue reading HAVING COMPANY ON NANCY LU IS THE BEST! Grenada Jan. 29, 2023-Mar. 12, 2023

Though the composing of this blog update is belated, I know that I will enjoy reliving the memories it will bring to my mind as I write it, and again, as I peruse it through the years.  I’ve already appreciated a little trip back in time as I selected photos to include.  I hope that … Continue reading BELATED, BELOVED & BITTERSWEET Grenada, April 9, 2022—June 8, 2022

…So I’ll try to keep the words to a minimum, but I’m afraid there might be a thousand pictures!  Mark has finally finished the multi-step task of replacing about 200 bungs that came out during Nancy Lu’s time in the boat yard.  This has been an ongoing project for the last 10 years.  Happily, none … Continue reading GRENADA, APRIL 9, 2022- A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS…

We’re happy to be back on Nancy Lu in the Caribbean after about one and a half years.  At the moment, our “neighborhood” is Prickly Bay on the south coast of Grenada.  This year, instead of sailing to different Caribbean island countries, we’re going to stay in Grenada the whole season.  I gotta say I’m … Continue reading LONG TIME NO SEE, NANCY LU! Grenada, March 14, 2022

Let me start off by saying that being under lockdown (as it’s called here in the Caribbean) on a boat has taught me that I have a great capacity for staying home.  I’ve known for a long time that “homebody” would be a pretty fair word to describe me, maybe even a good word to … Continue reading LIFE ON NANCY LU IN A COVID 19 WORLD— Martinique; March 13, 2020 thru May 26, 2020

As much as I may want to time-hop to a day when sheltering in place or being on lockdown (as it’s called in the Caribbean) is a thing of the past, I can’t.  But I CAN enjoy reminiscing about pre-COVID-19 life on Nancy Lu as I bring the blog up to date…It feels like another … Continue reading LITTLE DID WE KNOW….February 23 to March 13

We had a nice sail from Trinidad to Woburn Bay, Grenada, arriving on the morning of January 31.  We picked up a mooring at Whisper Cove and stayed on it for a couple of nights before moving just a little further towards Benji Bay and anchoring.  We stayed anchored in Woburn Bay until February 16.  … Continue reading “…SWEET GRENADA; THIS IS HOME….” (away from home)—January 31, 2020 thru February 22, 2020

My last blog post ended with us just having returned to Trinidad, busy getting Nancy Lu ready for our 2020 sailing season, and me about to fly back to winter in the Pacific Northwest.  At least, I had caught my blog up to 2020! I’ll just pick up where I left off…   When we … Continue reading TRINIDAD 2020 WITH A SHORT PNW INTERLUDE

Well, I’ve never let this happened before.  We’re here in Trinidad on Nancy Lu for our 2020 season, and I haven’t finished blogging for our 2019 season!  For the sake of continuity, I’ll just pick up where I left off last year… PART ONE:  HEADED NORTH, STILL… We continued heading north in the spring of … Continue reading APRIL 2019 TO JANUARY 2020: HEADED NORTH, SOUTH, TO TEXAS, AND BACK TO THE CARIBBEAN

I am utterly behind on chronicling the last two months of our sailing season on Nancy Lu—so behind that it’s OVER!  I’m sitting at my in-law’s kitchen table trying to get started with this  task, in Texas, just 4 days after flying home from Trinidad on May 30!  There really hasn’t been a dull moment … Continue reading STILL HEADED NORTH—MARTINIQUE TO SOUTHERN DOMINICA, March 29 through April 24