Our First Time Sailing Together As A Family

Yep, we finally got the kids out sailing!! I think Evan may have gotten to sail with us once, a couple years ago, when we had our Catalina 25. But this past weekend, after much prep work each evening after work during the week before, we were finally able to take...

Mosaic Crew Boat Budget: August 2018

OK – here’s the August budget and expense report, as promised. For those that don’t know, we’re a family of four living aboard our 1978 Fuji 40 sailboat SV Mosaic in Portland Oregon. We’ve been living aboard for almost 2 years, stationary...

Late Summer Adventures Away From The Dock

Since making the decision not to leave Portland and head up to the Puget Sound this year, we have been making good on our promise to ourselves to start really using the boat and having some fun! Vacations are for Sailing! Brenden had two weeks of vacation left for the...