Sailing Into The Mystic

09/10/2025

We just released Ep 37! Coming out a few days late because we were handling a few extra things on our plate (officiating a wedding on the Mystic is one of them-woohoo). This one slows down time a little to show the details of our solar arch build where there are many decisions to grapple with as well as problem solving opportunities.

In this episode we slow down time to show the details of our work on our custom solar arch. As usual, it takes longer than the time we budget for it, but we...

09/03/2025

Worrying about hurricane Lorena… heading straight for our place in Mexico. Reminds us of Hurricane Hilary just 2 years ago that gave us the gift of 2 feet high mud….
(Update: Lorena hit land south of us so our place wasn’t hit this time)

In this episode we take a detour from our usual sailing adventures and projects to share a deeply personal moment in our retirement journey. Our future retir...

09/02/2025

With retirement so close and still so many boat projects, we are trying to keep up with our wishful target date for sailing south in the fall. This is how our year started …

Retirement is within 6 months and we have SO much to do. One of the projects is to build our solar arch so that we will be self sufficient with power once w...

08/24/2025

Sailing on a race boat today!!

08/24/2025

With this one we close out season 3. This was a spectacular sailing event that we attempt to share. And, wow, we are starting to get caught up to real time!

Same spot, same place and the sea is different every single time. This particular sail ended up being pretty spectacular, even though there was no wind to t...

08/22/2025

We have set a tentative date to start sailing into Mexico on Oct. 1, 2025, but MY GOSH there is so much work to do! We just don't know if we can get it all done, even with the recent retirement. Yesterday we spent ALL afternoon just emptying the yucky tank (black water) and filling up all the other tanks (gas and water). It was our first time filling up the water tanks so we didn't know it would take literally hours to complete. Had to have a beer (or two) while waiting.

08/17/2025

The third episode of a 3 part series on our sailing trip to Catalina Island.

Wanna see what Catalina Island has to offer? Join us as we share we share our discoveries and continue to push our sailing skills to get ready to live aboard...

08/13/2025

Part 2 of our sailing to Catalina trip…. The island is super fun when you get out of Avalon!

Catalina Island is a beautiful island only 1-2 hours across the ocean from Los Angeles and yet so many Southern Californians have never been there. In this ...

08/06/2025

Been a while since we did a Sailside Chat… just a little realtime update:

We are two retiring educators, looking to change our fast paced life to a slower rhythm more aligned with the ocean, sailing and nature. Follow us as we pre...

08/03/2025

This is a longer one, but in this episode we are actually sailing somewhere! Woohoo!!

In Episode 32, titled "We Bit off More than We Could Chew," we embark on an exciting adventure to the Channel Islands. Things take a wild turn when rough sea...

08/02/2025

Well, better late than never!
In this one we show how we are starting to get into some real sailing!!

We are two retiring educators, looking to change our fast paced life to a slower rhythm more aligned with the ocean, sailing and nature. Follow us as we pre...

07/21/2025

A bit late posting, but Episide 30 is up now (it’s hard to edit while traveling!). In this one we fly the spinnaker for the first time!

A few projects and then a little fun on the water. Our first time putting up a spinnaker on the Mystic and while we made many mistakes, we learned a lot. I...