Salvador has surprised me in so many wonderful ways. Salvador is the third largest city in Brazil with a population of 2.7 million and...

In the span of 8 months, we sailed through 8 countries/territories on our journey to our current location of Brazil.

🎶ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ🎶 We sailed 3400NM from Walvis Bay, Namibia to Salvador, Brazil which took a total of 26 days. We picked a...

Chris and I recently completed our first ocean crossing across one of the most infamous oceans in the world, the Indian Ocean. There was...

I believe freedom is when you are able to make your own choices within your personal circumstances, and realizing you are only one choice...

One evening, I queried Chris, “What is your biggest complaint about me after ten years together?” Ever so diplomatic, he initially...

Sometimes when you visit a place that leaves a strong impression, you return years later to find out that either the place has changed or...

When an experience is extremely powerful, over time you forget all the details of what happened, and are left with only a feeling. We...

Chris and I recently sailed from Phuket to the Maldives, the first leg on our Indian Ocean crossing. We quickly transitioned from coastal...

Crew resource management (CRM) is a required annual course at many airlines. For the last several years, we completed recurrent CRM...

Ko Lipe, is one of our favorite islands in Thailand. The close proximity to Malaysia, makes is possible to see our home port of Langkawi...

In part 1, we (Chris, Nicole and I) began our journey from Phuket to Ko Lipe, which is only about 100 miles from Phuket. We took the...

Ko Lipe is one of our favorite islands in Thailand. There is beautiful clear water, amazing bars and restaurants, a great yoga studio,...

We love our new solar panels and davits! We went from running our generator three times a day to not needing it at all on sunny days....

As of July 2020, the worldwide aviation situation has not improved, and we are waiting to hear when we can return to work. We have not...

We received our customs extension at Yacht Haven Marina allowing Skylark to remain in Thailand until January 1, 2021. After a week in the...

Phuket was entering lockdown as we discovered Naka Noi. We originally planned to visit The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort...

Chris and I finished our work sequences two days apart. At the time, we didn’t realize we would not see an airplane for a very, very long...

Surin Islands are known to be absolutely spectacular so we made it part of our itinerary. Our plan was to depart Patong midday and sail...

Nadia and Justin joined us for a three-week west coast of Thailand island hopping trip. We previously sailed with them in Madagascar for...

Mid-December, we decided to sail up to Phuket. We visited Thailand several times before, for work and for vacation. We had already...

It was our second time commuting to Skylark and my parents were going to visit for a week. My mom had a birthday during this time and...

Skylark is now officially ours. She is a 2009 Amel 54 who has lived a pampered life since she was built in France. She was sailed by the...