Autumn’s first Christmas

Yes it's freezing, and yes we're still living in a house with no hot running water, no bathroom and no central heating with our now 3 month old baby and our 3 and 5 year old kiddos. Weren't we supposed to be sailing round the world? [...]

You can take the girl off the boat…

...but you can't take the boat out of the girl. It may come as a surprise to learn that that are long stretches of time when we are not sailing. World cruising comes with what I refer to as ‘go times and slow times’, which are largely [...]

They say you can never go home again…

...and they're probably right. For us a 'quick' trip back to renovate our London flat while living in it with our two teeny ones has turned into a somewhat epic battle of [...]

Alright me old mucker…

With various parts of our boat strewn across Whangarei and a new arrival in the family we thought that it was time to check in with the folks back in England. Flying for over 30 hours with a 2 year old and 6 week old infant in tow is no easy move,…

Haul or nothing: boat in bits

The New Zealand winter and having a new baby crew member meant that we weren't going to be sailing on the boat for a little while. This makes for a perfect time to haul out and do some routine maintenance as well as address any [...]

Sailing Today

We're thrilled to announce that as of July 2015 Jess will have a regular monthly column in UK publication "Sailing Today" Magazine. This is in addition to the 10 other sailing, parenting and lifestyle magazines that articles of [...]

Farewell skyline

Adios London, until we meet again [...]

Pillar to post

Apologies for lack of news. Our 7 week jaunt back to the UK has very much taken it out of us. Thank you to all the hospitality we were shown by friends and family. We travelled to North London, South London, Bristol, Cornwall, Oxford, Wales,…

The beauty of Blighty

A few shots of the atmospheric surroundings of our trip home to the UK [...]