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Four cheap things that make being a liveaboard a ton easier

October 6, 2016Matt 2 Comments

These are the top four (4) things that pretty much changed my life… *dramatic pause* 1) This plastic bag. That may sound dumb at first but WAIT! At dock, using the standard spring line config (a line that runs from… Continue reading →

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Oh my god i’m 34 fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

September 27, 2016Matt Leave a comment

My birthday was this weekend as I turned the ripe old age of 34. I celebrated by trying to play a game of football, but spraining my ankle in the warm up, not even getting to play in the game.… Continue reading →

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Two years living on a boat

July 12, 2016Matt 2 Comments

When I looked back at the ‘one year living on a boat’ post I actually discovered I moved on at the start of June, not July. Oops. So I guess this is a ‘2 years and a month and a bit’… Continue reading →

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Trip to Orcas

June 23, 2015Matt 7 Comments

So after all my hubris in my last post, I did not actually sail over. My ankle is still pretty bad, and for a solo trip it just seemed like a big ol’ bad idea. And I’ve had a few… Continue reading →

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I’m not dead

June 15, 2015Matt 2 Comments

I haven’t posted anything for a while, because I’ve been mostly in pain for the last two weeks so it would just be endless whining about my foot and NO-ONE wants to read that. Oh for the record, my foot… Continue reading →

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One year living on a boat

May 31, 2015Matt 8 Comments

First up, this is an extremely long and rambling post, with far more than it’s fair share of navel-gazing. You’ve been warned. I’d missed talking about the one year anniversary of owning the boat back in December, due to being… Continue reading →

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Race to Alaska

May 20, 2015Matt 4 Comments

I’ve been in Ottawa on a work trip the last little while, and pretty much had no time to do anything else – though I leave tomorrow, YEAH! I hope Gudgeon is ok. Anyway, blowing off the dust off this… Continue reading →

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Laziness

March 28, 2015Matt Leave a comment

The top three things I need to do are – waterproof engine hatch –  get cupboards made – rig up wireless booster and antenna …. and I haven’t done anything on them. I’ve been feeling exceptionally unmotivated this week in… Continue reading →

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