No boat, whether it's brand new or a middle-aged lady like Nine of Cups, is without problems and issues. While we have continually worked to keep her shipshape, there is always a 'to-do' list of things that need attention, repair or replacement. Last week, I listed all her features, and this week, I only thought it fair to list all the things I know of that need addressing.
Read MoreWe’ll be running parallel blogs for awhile. From There to Here will continue to provide the highlights of our years aboard Nine of Cups. David will regale you in the coming weeks with his repairs, projects and spruce-up of Nine of Cups and concurrently, we’ll talk about our wrestling with all the possibilities for the next adventure. Now that we’ve decided to sell Nine of Cups and make a change, we need to decide exactly what it is we want to do.
Read MorePicking up from where we left off ... (add link from last blog of the series) we did indeed take a left out of the Panama Canal, sailed about 700nm south, crossed the Equator and arrived in La Libertad, Ecuador. If you followed our later travels, in fact, you’ll find that we did this twice … but for now, let’s talk about getting to Ecuador the first time. Our limited visits to Venezuela and Colombia while in the Caribbean whet our appetites for more exploration of “the other America”. For sure, we had never given travel in South America much thought until I read the sailing magazine article about Ecuador. From the moment we arrived, we were hooked. What a splendid continent, rich in diverse indigenous cultures and Spanish heritage.
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.
