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Moving Aboard With Fido? Here’s How to Get Your Dog Ready for Life at Sea
Bluewater sailing with a dog isn’t always easy — from potty training to customs. Three full-time sailing women share how they make it work.
Forget Sailboats. Here’s Why We Chose a Trawler for Full-Time Boat Life.
We love sailboats but we chose a power boat to live on in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s why we made that decision.
I Gave Up the Trading Pits of Chicago For a Sailboat on the Open Ocean. Here’s Why I Left Everything Behind.
I’ve spent twenty years living aboard a sailboat — circumnavigating the globe, trading stocks from remote anchorages, and raising kids who learned to swim…
We Crossed the Atlantic in a 37′ Sailboat. Here are my Thoughts on The Best Size Boat for The Ocean.
Are you considering crossing an ocean in your sailboat? You’ll need a hardy boat that can handle weather and waves. Check out our picks.
It Took Me Years to Afford a Tall Van. Now, I’ve Rounded Up the Best Campervans You Can Stand Up In.
Having a van you can stand up in is a huge luxury for van life and one I highly recommend. Here are the vans…
We Snapped Our Rudder 2,700 Miles From Land. With Our Family Onboard. Here’s What We Did Next.
(This is a post by Shona Fothergill, Sailing with Six) Eight days after leaving Panama for French Polynesia, our rudder snapped in the middle…
Hi, I’m Kristin Hanes!
I’m a former journalist turned blogger at The Wayward Home. I split my time between a DIY Sprinter van conversion and a sailboat, and I hope to inspire you to live a simpler, more adventurous, alternative lifestyle.
I’ve been living tiny since 2016, when I was laid-off from KGO Radio in San Francisco and had to reinvent my life.
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