Tulum-5 is a veteran sailboat built in the late 70’s and designed to be a performance cruiser doing long bluewater passages. As such, she’s got a fair amount of tankage for water and diesel but she’s just-on-another-level when it comes to dry storage. More
The HelmsMistress bring you her newest short film, “Mobula Ray Madness In Natures Aquarium” premiering on YouTube today. Click the link and check it out. More
Sometimes I need to slow down and breathe, savoring the moments in life happening around me. Last couple of posts I’ve alluded to how much July would throw at us…..and it has. I’m drinking it up. And, my lack of writing means I’ve been working…a lot. But more important than More
On Saturday I wrote about our trip to Catalina Island from San Diego but was remiss in not mentioning that we had crew on board; and they’re great friends and a fellow blogger. Brian and Christina were our neighbors for a few years while they listened to all our wild More
I haven’t been on the blog or my computer for nearly a week. We missed the usual Friday Kids Corner and the rest of my normal posting days. In the last week or two we’ve road tripped, worked hard on the boat and continued to discover repairs that need immediate More
As I alluded to on Monday, we took the plunge, and bought and installed our first composting toilet on our cruising sailboat, Tulum 5. Why did we make the decision to buy, install and use a composting toilet on our cruising sailboat? We’ve been thinking through changing out More
Good morning, it’s been another long week (and without Jinxing us), we may have finally crossed the line into spring here, thankfully. With better weather more work on the boat starts and we’re able to get back out to dog beach on Coronado Island. Quincy has been working on her More
I’m up early Saturday morning as usual because Quincy the Dog needed to go out, and when a Great Dane won’t let you sleep, there’s no way. you can avoid taking her for her walk. I used to just be able to open a glass door from my room at More
In getting ready to haul out our 51ft Sailboat for multiple upgrades, repairs and normal maintenance, I knew my wife would be in Japan the entire time and I still needed to maintain some semblance of a normal routine with my two young school aged girls. We looked very hard More
I’m around but distracted because Tulum has been hauled out since late Tuesday but her bottom’s not even started yet. The damn cold and wet weather patterns have not helped. These Jan/Feb/Mar months have been the wettest and coldest I’ve ever experienced in San Diego. In order to save approx More
https://livefree2sailfast.com/2019/03/02/haul-out-and-yard-work-on-the-horizon-for-tulum-v After I published the project list (above) I had discussed with the boatyard, I started thinking through everything I would work on while Tulum was out of the water. This is in addition to getting the kids fed and to/from school every day (Quincy will be in the kennel More
As I write this, I’m overcome by how far we’ve come as a family since last Presidents Day Weekend. Here’s the link to my post past year (but the pics are missing for some reason): https://livefree2sailfast.com/2018/02/19/two-boats-in-1-weekendwhat-the-hell/. Presidents Day Weekend last year we closed on Tulum 5 and bought our dinghy in the More