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How Much Does It Really Cost to Live on a Sailboat Full-Time?
One of the questions we get asked more than any other is: “How much does it actually cost to live on a boat and cruise full-time?” The honest answer is… it depends. One of the best parts about this lifestyle is that you have a surprising amount of control over your monthly expenses. You can…
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5 Healthy Make-Ahead Meals for Offshore Passages
How I Stay Fueled When the Galley Is Rocking One of the many surprises I had when I started doing longer offshore passages was how hard it is to eat well during offshore passages. When the boat is moving, the galley is unstable, and you’re running on broken sleep, cooking quickly becomes the last thing…
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How I Stay Healthy While Cruising Full Time
A realistic, flexible approach to wellness at sea Living on a sailboat full time is one of the most rewarding choices my family and I have ever made — but it’s also demanding in ways we never could have fully anticipated. Staying healthy on the water doesn’t look like staying healthy on land, and over…
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How to Use Windy and NOAA to Read Weather for Sailing
A Beginner Sailor’s Guide to Making Safer, Smarter Decisions In my last post, I covered how to read the weather for beginner sailors. In this post, I will dive a little deeper into a couple of the weather tools I mentioned, including Windy and NOAA. Reading the weather for sailing is completely different than reading…
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A Beginner Sailor’s Guide to Reading the Weather
Why marine forecasts aren’t the same as land weather—and how to stay safe at sea When we first moved aboard full-time, I thought I understood the weather. I’d checked forecasts my whole life—rain, cold fronts, thunderstorms, wind. Easy, right? Wrong. Reading the weather for sailing is an entirely different skill than reading the weather on…
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Top 5 Coastal Towns for Liveaboards to Spend the Holidays
Spending the holidays on a sailboat offers a unique experience, emphasizing coastal festivities over traditional winter settings. The article highlights five ideal coastal towns for liveaboards: Beaufort, Key West, Kennebunkport, Cocoa Beach, and Southeast Alaska, each celebrated for their distinct holiday charm, community spirit, and cruiser-friendly amenities.
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How to Cook a Holiday Meal in a Boat Galley (Without Losing Your Mind)
Celebrating the holidays on a sailboat is magical — twinkling lights on the rigging, sunsets instead of snowdrifts, and the gentle rock of the water while you cook. But one thing is definitely different out here: Holiday meals look… well… different when your oven is the size of a shoebox and your counter space is…
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Choosing the Right Boat for Full-Time Living: What We Wish We Knew Before We Bought Ours
By Mona — Waves & WellnessEstimated read time: 7–9 minutes When people dream about living on a boat, their minds usually go straight to the romantic parts — turquoise water, sunsets that look unreal, the freedom to raise anchor and just go. But there’s one piece of the dream that hits harder than anyone expects:…
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Welcome to Waves & Wellness
A journey of ocean living, balance, and intentional living. Two years ago, my family and I did something that looked a little bit crazy from the outside. We sold our homestead — the house, the furniture, the chickens, the goats, all of it. We let go of nearly everything we owned, packed what was left…
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