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.
Latest & Greatest…
-
Preparations For Leaving the Dock ~ November 2024
We spent the entire month of November 2024 organizing, making improvements, focusing on repairs, and other needed preparations. Jason spent several months before moving onto the boat working with a company that specializes in DC electrical systems in RVs to design a solution on our boat that would allow us…
-
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…
-
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…