atlanticcrossing We Crossed the Atlantic. Would We Do It Again? After 4,500 miles, countless vats of coffee, several mechanical betrayals and a small fortune in fuel, we finally reached Spain. So now that we’ve actually crossed the Atlantic, there’s only one question left… would we do it again?
Paid-members only atlanticcrossing Featured 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.
atlanticcrossing Featured 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.
atlanticcrossing Featured 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.
Paid-members only guanaisland Featured 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
Boatlife 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.
