“Do you think he’s expecting a tip?” is the question I was about to ask Pierrick. The marinero who helped us dock seemed to be just standing there, watching us adjust our mooring. He had changed the dangles (les pendilles, a mooring technique specific to the Mediterranean) to fit our catamaran in the space of […]
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Living by Water – for Wendy
A few years ago, before leaving Canada for London, a took a week’s break in a little wood cabin off the Gatineau River. The cabin belonged to friends of my aunt and uncle, and neighbored my family’s home. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time with my aunt and uncle that week, just […]
What’s that noise?
Boats are noisy. Still, some noises are normal and others are less so. Case in point, the hissing sound coming from starboard yesterday evening was not normal. So you do as one always does in such a situation: you raise the floor boards to see if your hull is filling up with water. Luckily, our […]
Water & Plumbing on a Boat
My last post incited several technical questions, mainly from my mom. Her first question was, how do we get water on the boat? This is how…. Plumbing Livable boats come equipped with plumbing. At a minimum, for fresh drinking water. In our boat, the plumbing services the kitchen sink, the sinks/showers in the toilets and […]
How Do You Live on A Boat? – For Eli :)
It appears that my godson Eli is a bit confused about how one can actually live on a boat. I realize that boating back home in Quebec tends to be an outdoor sport, like kayaking or canoeing, so I promised his mother to share some photos and details that show how one can live on […]
Decorating a Boat
Boats tend to be second homes, like a cabin or trailer. They are usually furnished with whatever’ll do. Most tableware you’ll find on boats is plastic to avoid breakage. This was very much the case with our boat. We bought it used and it came furnished, sort to speak. This was fine so long as the […]
Moving In (or, Mess)
Yesterday Pierrick and I went to the locker to get almost all of the belongings we were planning on bringing onto the boat. We only have our books (4 boxes to the 2 of us) and about 1 suitcase each left to fit onboard. Our brother-in-law lent us his car so we could transport our […]
Wind & Yoga on the Boat
Our boat is docked at the very end of a dock at the point of which there are seasonal businesses, one for jet skiing and for diving. Both have a small wooden structure with a straight, wooden platform or two. When I first saw these I became very excited because I figured I could do […]
Changes to Slowmotion
Our objective during our 3 months’ stay in the south of France is to do “work” on the boat. I realize many people don’t quite understand what type of work we were planning on doing, so I decided to write a post with a few of the changes we have done to Slowmotion. When I […]
Traveling with a Cat
What about the cat? In addition to the flat, people have asked us what we are planning on doing with Moody, our cat. We are bringing him with us, of course! Traveling with an Oriental Short Hair, a breed renowned for its strong sense of communication, can be a bit daunting (not to say down-right […]