Marli Want

 

Hi! I'm Marli, first mate on the SV Between Dreams. I have enjoyed day sailing with others over the years and eventually on our own boats, with a couple of short charters along the way. Our plan to sail to Florida and the Bahamas is our biggest sailing adventure by far! I am in charge of the galley and home school for the kids. When sailing, we all have a job to do. 
At home in New Orleans, I am a lawyer by training and work as a federal law clerk. I also enjoy swimming with the Riptide Masters swim group, creating ceramics at Earth and Fire pottery studio, and yoga practice. 

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Destin to Pensacola April 12 - From Sea Turtles to Grounding

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On Friday night, we checked the weather and noticed a small craft advisory had been issued until 1am covering our area. This seemed strange because the forecast only called for 10-15 knot winds and 1-3 foot seas. Nonetheless we kept our eye on it. This morning the advisory had been extended until 7am, but we realized it seemed more focused on the area to our west.

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Whims of the Weather

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Since we moved onto the boat in mid February, I have been wondering, is the weather always like this? It seems colder and windier more often. But I think we are just experiencing the weather more than we do in our climate controlled lives. Read a little more about the weather's impact on us in this article.

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If it ain't broke . . . .

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Then you're not on a boat. Haha. We met a couple at a marina in Gulf Shores--they are retired and live in Nebraska but keep their boat down here. After the wife showed us the bathrooms and we returned to their boat (a powerboat), the husband said there had been a disaster while she was gone but that he'd handled it. He chuckled and said, just another day with a boat. We could relate! When your home is jostling around in the damp all the time, things are bound to break. Read more about what we've encountered two weeks in.

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