This is my first summer rerun and I have to admit it was kind of fun browsing through the hundreds of blogs we’ve done over the past seven years and deciding which ones were deemed worthy of sharing. As a native Massachusettian, it seemed incredible that I’d never really spent all that much time exploring Boston or even walked the entirety of Boston’s Freedom Trail until the summer of 2013.
Read MoreWhen we were at sea, there were any number of things to worry about. Storms, freak waves, partially submerged containers, cranky whales, lightning, ships, pirates, and serious boat malfunctions topped the list, and have been the cause of many a lost vessel. We've had a few close calls over the years. We've also had several friends who have lost their boats from such calamities. Sometimes these things are due to an error in judgment, but often, it is purely bad luck. As if the list wasn't already long enough, I just read of a new menace for mariners to worry about ...
Read MoreWe’ve been back a couple of weeks now and are just now getting accustomed again to life in the desert and life at home.
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.
