Windtraveler

I couldn't believe when I opened the Blogger browser my homepage popped right up. Like I'd posted yesterday, like I'm not a stranger to this place, as if I'm here regularly. But not so. It's be...

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If action is the basis for success, indecision is the birthplace of failure. And dear god, have I been indecisive this last month...To be fair, I have always considered myself a pretty resolute...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2018/07/indecision-and-question-that-drove-it.html

It's pronounced "NEE-vis" and this island is like something out of a dream. Perhaps it's the impressive peak of Mount Nevis which juts from the islands center and seems to always be cloaked i...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2018/07/nevis-journey-through-best-caribbean.html

It's 10:24 am and I have but one precious hour left of time before having to get the twins from their preschool. The minutes hang over my head serving as a constant reminder that I do not hav...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2018/06/the-motherlode-finding-balance-where.html

Haven looks at what used to be our home. Our first charter for our daysail company, ARISTOCAT CHARTERS , was April 10th. It might not seem like a massive announcement in the grand scheme of ...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2018/04/how-we-got-our-groove-back-piecing.html

I got little choked up as I re-read Scott's last "I love you message" as he sailed out of cell reach this morning.  The culmination of six months of shock, anguish, gratitude, uncertainty, str...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2018/03/our-new-boat-sonder-is-homeward-bound.html

The only time I actually got teary about our return to Tortola was during take off on the puddle jumper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It had been an emotional few months. We were back in the US on ...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2018/01/back-on-island-time-recap-and-update-on.html

Note that the hole in the bow is the bow thruster and not the hold that sank our boat. Twenty-four hours before Irma struck Tortola and changed the course of our lives and the lives of count...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/10/eulogy-for-our-boat.html

I am currently coming down from the high that was the Annapolis Boat Show. To think I almost didn't go...it blows my mind because, for me, it was more than a boat show; it was a cathartic sa...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/10/the-annapolis-boat-show-salve-to-my-soul.html

Life goes on. This is the most comforting, and yet hardest aspect to grasp post Irma. I walked through Target the other day, meandering the aisles and taking stock of the obscene amount of stuf...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/10/life-after-irma.html

We were supposed to fly back to Tortola yesterday. Our bags sit in my closet half-way packed with belongings and goodies we were bringing back to our beloved boat. This past weekend was suppose...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/09/hurricane-irma-reflections-on-life.html

"What's the most stressful part of living on an island/running an island business/living on a boat?" We get this question a lot. And there are a host of answers to each but one answer crosses...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/09/hurry-up-and-wait-agony-of-watching.html

I started this post about four weeks ago. It's funny how I always think that coming back to land for a visit will afford me more time to write. We are, after all, living with my mom and there ...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/08/update-from-blogosphere-how-island-life.html

The "idea" of living on an island evokes a bit of envy and turquoise tinted mental pictures for a lot of people. But just like most things, the 'idea' of something and the 'reality' of it can ...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/06/island-life-good-bad-and-quirky.html

I'm sure there are people out there who scoff at the idea of "decorating" a boat. Certainly the saltiest sailors of our time - Slocum, Mortissier, Johnston (all whom I love and admire) - cared ...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/06/decorating-boat-or-tiny-home-putting.html

Our family of five lives aboard our 48 foot sailboat in paradise. I'm not going to lie, it's pretty awesome and as far as I'm concerned, I would have it no other way (no joke, I thank the Unive...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/06/our-normal-life-aboard-sailboat-in.html

It never ceases to amaze me how far away we can feel from it all on this island. Despite being a pretty primo travel destination with hundreds of thousands of people flocking here every year, t...

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What do you get when ten women writers who live on different rocks, are total strangers, and have vastly different life stories become roommates in a villa in the middle of Old San Juan? An e...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/06/just-do-it-saying-yes-and-breaking-out.html

When you have young kids in tow, travel can be tricky. Throw in a set of three year old twins who have no shortage of "spunk" and are a healthy dose of "feral", and it gets even tricker. Sim...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/05/mobile-home-for-win-life-on-boat.html

"What do you want for mother's day?" Scott asked me while looking up from his computer. I was making breakfast, the girls were being their usual boisterous selves, and it took me about .02 s...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/05/a-mothers-day-mini-vacation-in-maho-bay.html

We have had our boat since December and have sailed her only once. Pretty pathetic, right? Thing is, >>>running a business <<< in the islands is a >>>heck of a lot of work <<< (even though t...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/05/getting-off-dock-recharge-refresher-and.html

WHEW! Hello from my terribly neglected blog! (I'm very active on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK though, much easier and less time consuming!) I have all the usual excuses of why I haven't written ...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/04/introducing-coconuts-crazy-awesome.html

As most of you know, we bought a new boat . It is awesome and it has been a very welcome change for our family. But...we still have our old boat. It's been a stressful (and fun) few months wi...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/03/asante-is-for-sale-blue-water-brewer-44.html

We don't get to East End, home of the eccentric and eclectic Trellis Bay, often. For one thing, it's quite a drive - which I realize is laughable on an island that measures twelve miles by thr...

http://www.windtraveler.net/2017/02/a-special-day-in-trellis-bay-artist.html

When I opened my (very neglected) inbox and found an email among the unopened hordes entitled "Vineyard Vines Photoshoot" my interest was piqued. I clicked the message and discovered it was fro...

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