We mentioned that while living the “5-year plan”, our gift-giving mentality changed significantly. We tried to provide ourselves with incentives to keep on track. Instead of clothes, jewelry and weekend getaways, we gave each other gifts that would hopefully be useful once we began our cruising life and would keep us inspired as we worked through the action items of our 5-year plan.
Read MoreYou’ve been very patient following along with the early days of our decision to simplify our lives and sail off into the sunset. Have YOU ever considered this idea? Maybe it’s not sailing or living on a boat; maybe it’s a different kind of life change, but it’s your dream and it’s a dramatic change. Every major move needs a plan if you want to succeed.
It doesn’t have to be a 5-year plan. It depends on your circumstances. Maybe it’s a 10-year plan or a 3-year plan. Beyond the plan itself, the entire planning process and execution has significant positive effects on the outcome. The plan gives you direction and keeps you focused. It gives you a mindset and a goal worth achieving, especially if you plan some incentives along the way.
Here are some suggestions you might want to consider ...
Read MoreWhether you have all rope, all chain, or a combination rope/chain, you need to know how much anchor rode has been deployed to ensure you have the correct scope. Some cruisers keep track by counting the seconds as the rode goes out or the rotations of the windlass, but this is a rough approximation at best … not to mention that it's easy to become distracted and lose count. Nine of Cups has a chain counter with a digital display that keeps track of how much chain or rope is out – and it often works. Our backup method, which is 100% reliable and almost foolproof, is to mark the rode in some fashion, so that the amount of anchor rode deployed is easily determined visually.
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
