The Griffiths family sailing blog...where will the journey end
Everything was feeling like a tale of two halves, in the Virgin islands we’d had what felt like so much drama, followed by the unrelenting hours of putting everything you can into the boat without really enjoying the many benefits there are to living on board, then there was Saint Martin where we felt like …
Read more “Continuing the journey south – Dominica here we come.”
So after being in the BVI’s a month longer than expected and having so many more expenses than we had anticipated we were more than ready to get moving. Don’t get me wrong it was very bitter-sweet, the kids grew quieter the closer we got to the time to push off, we were also just …
Read more “Let the sailing commence! Onwards to St Martin/St Maarten”
This one is long and not for the faint hearted, maybe the MIL and those few that thought we were out of our minds to take up this adventure should take a pass on this post. We planned to leave for the BVI’s as early as possible so we booked an appointment with customs and …
Read more “DR to the British Virgin Islands – What more could go wrong?”
January started out rather simple, the kids continued with their routine, schoolwork in the mornings and then boat maintenance in the afternoons. The new macerator had arrived which once again meant we had to brace ourselves for the pressure release of the black tank, luckily we had gotten our heads a little more around what …
December is always a fun time of the year, we always get to start it with our Princess’s birthday. This year Paige turned 14 and to say we were a little worried may have been an understatement, a teenager with no access to her friends and nothing social planned could have been an absolute recipe for disaster, luckily for …
It started off like a holiday as we were staying in an apartment, had not yet received the keys for the boat and were still getting used to the heat. At over 30 degrees during the day and not dropping below 27 at night it was a big change to what we were used to, …
H is for HOT!!!!! Written by Crewmate Paige This morning the two youngest crewmates, Hope and Maisie really wanted to wake up and watch a beautiful sunrise but sadly failed to wake themselves up in time, it was still a very pretty blue sky. Before making plans for today we had to wait to see …
What have we bought…. Written by Captain Simon (Dad) We woke up early with a list of jobs to get done, top of the list was to sort out a hire car, as without one we were pretty much stranded. A quick call to the owner of the villa and the problem was sorted with …
D-Day Written by Captain Simon (Dad) The day has finally arrived, after over a year in planning we are saying goodbye to the life we know. After a crazy few days of cleaning, stressing, doubting ourselves its time to board the plane and get and start this adventure. We were a little worried about travelling …