08/17/2026
Life update from the sea โต๏ธ
After 10 years of living aboard and 4 of just fun, we are selling our old sailboatโthe boat that was Tomโs Screams From The Balcony and my first home. A very bittersweet goodbye, but only because a new dream girl found us: Tuckernuck, a Cherubini 44.
A friend found her for us, and she needs some love. New bottom paint, new deck paint, a whole lot of sanding, and new teak. But this girl is a headturner with lines for DAYS. I plan on spending basically all of my land time outside my ceramic studio scrubbing, sanding, painting, and slowly bringing her back to the dream girl that earned the Cherubini 44 a place in Ferenc Mรกtรฉโs ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ด
But even mid-makeover, SHE SAILS. Healing over at 8 knots through the Catalina Channel like itโs nothing.
This past weekend was our maiden voyage to Catalina Island, joined by some of our amazing friends who helped teach me how to sail her. Sheโs my first ketch, which means a lot more lines, a lot more sailsโand, it turns out, a lot more fun.
A new boat, a new chapter, and hopefully many, many trips across that channel ahead. ๐โต๏ธ
๐ช๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐? โต๏ธ๐
