The faces behind A Herd of Turtles. Our sailing journey, our boat, and why we choose life on the water.
Adventures, insights, and practical sailing knowledge. Everything we’ve learned on our journey, shared with the sailing community.
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Move in Day ~ October 22, 2024
The girls, our three dogs, and I left Reno, NV the morning of October 14, 2024 in the Jeep pulling an overloaded Uhaul trailer (that we lovingly referred to as “Pandora’s Box”) with all of our remaining belongings to begin our cross-country journey towards our new floating home…SV Orion. Over…
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The Day We Met Our Boat ~ July 31, 2024
On June 18, 2024, we closed on the sale of our house AND hopped on a plane to Charleston, SC to begin the search for our new floating home. We met up with our boat broker in Charleston to take a look at a sort of “performance” (fast) catamaran that…
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Real Time Update ~ May 7, 2026
Greetings from Jack’s Bay, a quiet little anchorage in the Exumas, Bahamas. We’ve had quite a whirlwind couple years, having sold our house May of 2024, leaving our community of 20+ years, moving onto our boat October 2024, spending February-May 2025 in the Bahamas, leaving the boat in Maryland July…