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New Video Drop and a Swallow Tattoo

New video: Killer whales, a stowaway bird, Bermuda Triangle waters, spectacular sunsets, and ongoing negotiations with Gypsy about using a floating dog bathroom. Looking back, I suspect the ocean was unusually kind to us—just to lure us farther from shore.

My Boobs Crossed the Atlantic Before I did

This story is a bit of a departure from my usual newsletter type ramblings. I’m bobbing around in the Atlantic and have a lot of time on my hands to write. At some point I may write a book, and so this post is a more anecdotal flavor than

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The Atlantic Ocean Is Trying to Return Us to Sender

New video: Atlantic crossing safety prep, provisioning, emergency drills and life aboard before leaving St. Thomas for Bermuda. Back when we thought this adventure looked romantic and not like two exhausted adults and one traumatized dog living inside a maritime washing machine.

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Nine Days Until the Azores and Already Feral

We leave Bermuda and begin our Atlantic crossing to the Azores aboard our trawler with our dog Gypsy. Ocean life quickly descends from romantic sailing fantasy into stained clothes, fake grass potty struggles, Bermudan fashion obsessions, and a slow transformation into maritime goblins.

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Halfway Across the Atlantic With a Constipated Dog

Crossing the Atlantic, both radars failed, our dog staged a 45 hour potty protest, and we accidentally kidnapped a sparrow named Fred. Civilization is slipping rapidly.

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Live from Cockroach Island

We leave the Caribbean behind and head north into five days of open ocean, saying goodbye to six extraordinary months of island life. Also: our first livestream was an absolute catastrophe.

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A Sailor’s Goodbye

Sailors never really say goodbye. They just assume they’ll bump into each other somewhere improbable, like Bermuda or the Med. As we prepare Moonfleet for our Atlantic crossing, the hardest part hasn’t been the ocean ahead — it’s leaving the people behind.

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New video - Private Island, Public Beach… and our Rock Star Guest

A private island, a forbidden tree line, and a dog who keeps introducing us to famous people. Guana Island delivers perfect sand, strict rules—and a very unexpected guest list.

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How to Lose Several Mermaids, and your Nerves in Open Water

An aborted emergency practice drill, a wobbling boat, and the violent demise of several decorative mermaids: It turns out the ocean doesn’t need to try very hard to humble you. Sometimes it just waits until you’re sleep-deprived and feeling quietly confident… and then gives you feedback.

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How to Stay Married When One of You is the Captain

Eight years of marriage, one trawler, and a sudden realization: I’ve accidentally downgraded my independence while upgrading my relationship. Now I’m learning knots, night shifts, and how to take orders from my husband without starting a mutiny.

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Ahoy St John! A New Video

St John adventures, a terrifying zip line in St Martin, pirate hair regrets, and a nervous run toward a transatlantic crossing…

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Lucky: Or How to Board the Wrong Boat in the BVI With Confidence

I used to collect shells until we accidentally recreated a Caribbean coastline inside the boat. Now I collect stories. This one involves identical catamarans, borrowed dinghies, a stolen kayak, and a man named Lucky who boarded the wrong boat and met a woman with a fishing spear.

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New Video: St Thomas, BVI

Boat life update introducing our latest video, featuring my very real editor (not in a yurt), and our current position between St Martin and video-time St Thomas. Plus a preview of the BVI coming soon!

New Video: Vieques and Culebra

For your viewing pleasure, and also as a hedge against my future Alzheimer’s, here is another video offering. The big news is that I have found a video editor. This means the videos should now arrive thick and fast instead of appearing every few weeks - like our mail.

New Video: Mona Passage and USS Iwo Jima

Ahhhh. Retirement! In theory, it involves serenity. In practice, it involves me staring at the azure horizon wondering how I could improve it. Perhaps a feature wall? A slightly punchier shade of blue? It’s not you, Caribbean-tropical-paradise, it’s clearly me. One minute I’m admiring the ocean, the

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From Monkey to Moonfleet: A Love Story in Three Boats

A Valentine’s boating love story about second chances, online dating, and why we traded sailboats for full-time liveaboard trawler life.

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How to Panic-Clean a Boat When a Rock Legend Is Coming for Cocktails

A forgotten Cornish hen, a frantic deep clean, and an unexpected rock legend converge on our boat at Guana Island in the British Virgin Islands

New YouTube video: “Exploring Samana” aka “Getting Lost in a Jungle”

In this week’s episode of “Where are we now, where have we been, and who is actually making these decisions?” (Answers: BVI. Too much to remember. The dog). I present our latest YouTube offering. It clocks in at a bold fifteen minutes of edited derangement, which sounds like tough

Are We Becoming Island Snobs?

A few days ago, we went into Spanish Town in Virgin Gorda to apply for an extension to stay in the British Virgin Islands for another sixty days. We both dressed smart-ish…as smart as our current shipwreck hairstyles and “don’t own an iron” looks could get us anyway.

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Wing Foiling, Megayachts & Giant Spuds: A New Year in the British Virgin Islands

A New Year in the British Virgin Islands among megayachts, wing foiling experiments, floating football screens, and the quiet rebellion of being the only trawler.

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Christmas at Sea in the Caribbean-Drones, Family and Island Life

A funny, honest take on Christmas at sea in the Caribbean-drones, family, private islands, and learning to feel at home while unanchored.

A new YT video for you!

Behind the Walls of Puerto Plata or: Free Breakfast Will Get Us Every Time Hello wonderful crew members. I'm happy to deliver our latest Youtube video for your viewing pleasure. I would love to hear your takeaways from these videos...Love 'em? Hate 'em? Want more

Our First Week in St. Thomas: Flags, Friends, and Fish

Our first official week in St. Thomas began properly, with Kirsten hoisting the USVI courtesy flag. Maritime protocol was followed to the letter. Aesthetic protocol was… generously exceeded. Let’s just say the flag wasn’t the only thing drawing attention, and Moonfleet immediately felt welcomed into the territory. One

Moonfleet Stats and the future…

Hi Friends! Having recently arrived in USVI’s, a long standing goal of mine, I thought I’d share some interesting (probably only to me) stats on our journey thus far: From 1 Nov - 12 Dec 2025 4 countries: Bahamas, DR, PR, USVI 42 days since journey began 19

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Glowings, Gales & Glazed Ribs: More Chaotic Cruising - Vieques & Culebra

Sailing from Vieques to Culebra served up wild horses, bioluminescence, gusty weather, engine smoke solutions, and the best mahi tacos in the Caribbean (possibly). A humorous cruising tale of glow-in-the-dark seas, island detours, and life aboard M/Y Moonfleet.