Being close due to Coronavirus or just being on a boat

If you have ever wondered or thought about going cruising on a sailboat for an extended time now is the chance to test that theory.  Not talking about sailing, or storms, or navigation.  Nope, talking about can you spend that amount of time close to your loved ones. Back in February people had the normal routine of going to work or school in the daytime, coming home for dinner, and then moving into bedrooms or family rooms to finish out the day.  This allowed for people to have space around them and to interact with a variety of people throughout the day.

Now you are stuck in your house/apartment for the full 24 hours and are seeing the same people for the entire day.  When working and not confined to your home you are around many people even if you do not interact them, they are around you and it breaks your day up.   With the Covid19 pandemic, forcing us to stay home we can watch television, or go on the internet to see people but for the most part we are just spending time with the ones we love.  It is nice but  we have been forced to do this and a good thing can often go bad as well.

Anchors

All boater have their favorite anchor and usually no other is acceptable.





Our first anchor was between a CQR and a Bruce claw.  At the time there was not a lot easy searchable info but we decided on the Bruce.  It did well on Honalee and we were happy.

Make a Plan

We are both engineers and tend to analyze and evaluate everything.   Some people find this irritating.  We tend to irritate each other on occasion as well, but in the end, it has been a tool used that has made our lifestyle possible.   We have kept complete records of all money spent since 2000 on a software program called Microsoft Money.  Before computers were an everyday item (yes, we are that old), we kept records on those old timely green accounting sheets, hand written and tallied, with of all things, a battery operated calculator. 

Imagine the horror. 

A Brief History

For those of you who don’t know us, we set sail on a 1968 Cascade 36 Monohull Sailboat in 1993.  Sailed from Washington state down the west coast and up into the Sea of Cortez.  This is when we were young, (somewhat stupid) and recently married.

It was a great trip and we learned a lot. Our faithful vessel Honalee, taught us much, and in 1995 we shipped her back to Washington and sold her to new owners, and started working again, with the plan to now start a family, and if everything worked out well, to take our child or children as the fates may decree, and go cruising again.