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Thanksgiving in Samana: A Meditation on Gratitude, Smugness, and mild Caribbean Terror

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Thanksgiving in Samana: A Meditation on Gratitude, Smugness, and mild Caribbean Terror

Today is Thanksgiving and I should be writing something heart-warming and emotional about gratitude. And I am grateful, truly. But if I’m honest, I also feel… smug. Embarrassed and smug — a combination I didn’t even know was possible outside of yoga classes, comparing sour dough recipes, and walking

Free Breakfast Bandits in Puerto Plata: Ocean World and a questionable Lifestyle Opportunity

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Free Breakfast Bandits in Puerto Plata: Ocean World and a questionable Lifestyle Opportunity

A 27-hour crossing, stray dogs, a dubious “Lifestyle” resort tour, and marina Wi-Fi powered by hamsters. Sailing from Puerto Plata toward Samana—with rum declined but chaos accepted.

The Crossing to the Dominican Republic

Well we made it to the Southern most Island of the Bahamas, Great Inagua, where we anchored just outside the government basin in the early evening and a dingy ride to the dock for a Gypsy walk and to explore a bit. Didn’t take long for word to get

Black Seagulls, Witch Moths and going Feral before Sunrise

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Black Seagulls, Witch Moths and going Feral before Sunrise

Leaving the Exumas

Good morning crew! We just weighed anchor off a small island on the SW side of Great Exuma Island, which had a fabulous little beach with the softest, whitest sands. We arrived there yesterday, 13 Nov about an hour before sunset, which is preferred to showing up at an unknown

VIP Premier of a new YouTube video

VIP Premier of a new YouTube video

The Things We Do for a Flush

The Things We Do for a Flush

Life aboard a trawler tests one’s appreciation for modern plumbing. In this witty travel essay, Kirsten Kopp muses on lost luxuries, high-seas improvisation, and her husband’s uncanny gift for fixing the unfixable-even when it stinks.

The Woman Who Uploaded Too Much

The Woman Who Uploaded Too Much

Taking a break

Of All the Beaches, and sorry Elon....

Of All the Beaches, and sorry Elon....

I fixed my video issues! It was not Elon's fault at all-which is awkward, since I've already publicly blamed him and dispatched a strongly worded letter via pigeon. And although he will never probably forgive me, the problem did feel quite Starlinky at the time. It

No video today, blame police, Musk and wild chickens

No video today, blame police, Musk and wild chickens

We made it to the Bahamas!

We made it to the Bahamas!

As I write this, I’m fairly certain a nap—possibly of the drooling, open-mouth variety favored by Gypsy—is in my near future. We’re chugging along toward Great Sale Cay, our next floating address for the night. Yesterday we made landfall at West End in the Bahamas and

T minus nuthin'...A poignant early start

T minus nuthin'...A poignant early start

"Haven't they gone yet?!"...T minus 1!

"Haven't they gone yet?!"...T minus 1!

T minus 2 days

The Screamometer and Other Signs of Madness by Kirsten Kopp I can’t quite believe this journey is about to start. Honestly, I think Ken and I have been drifting toward this moment since we met eight years ago. Back then, he already owned a 35-foot steel monohull—a Polish-built

T minus 4 days......So now I've got your attention....

T minus 4 days......So now I've got your attention....

Sunset over Peanut Island

T - 6 days

T MINUS 10 DAYS…

T MINUS 10 DAYS…

Our YouTube Channel UNANCHORED LIFE is officially launched….

As I write this, sitting in my office, aka; the pilot house, we have 10 days to go until we embark on our multi-year nautical adventure. And somehow, among the Doctor’s appointments, boat provisioning, watching Ken splice miles of rope together, and transitioning my business, I have managed to

A GOOGLE MAP WOULD YOU BELIEVE?!

A GOOGLE MAP WOULD YOU BELIEVE?!

Welcome to Unanchored...

Welcome to Unanchored...

Allow us to introduce ourselves before you start wondering how you ended up here, and who gave us permission to do this... ⚙️ Meet the Crew Ken aka Captain Silver Fox— Former Head of Research and Development at Sikorsky. Translation: professional crash-test dummy for multimillion-dollar helicopters. Kirsten aka Admiral Kraken— Still