One family’s journey to escape the ordinary in pursuit of adventure.

Meet Erin, Stu, Ellie & Lily – a family who decided that the correct response to everything that 2020 brought to our world was to hit the reset button.

WE ARE SELLING SKOOKUM!

In July 2022, we travelled to Northern Ireland to visit Stu’s homeland. After witnessing our girls thriving in the presence of their grandparents, as well as other family and dear friends, we came to the easy conclusion that we needed to provide the girls the opportunity to grow up in closer proximity to the love we found here. We are deeply conscious of the fact we simply do not know how long we have with each other on this earth, and as such, we felt it was important to make these decisions now. Our eldest was also keen on starting ‘real school’, and we thought it a good opportunity to test out the incredible education system that is found here.

Sadly, it makes more practical sense for us to sell Skookum, as she isn’t much use to us all the way away in Mexico. While ending our sailing sabbatical considerably earlier than either of us expected, it is our hope that Skookum can bring joy to her next owners in the way she did for us.

A quick note about cruising in Mexico: we had anticipated that by this time we’d be at or through the Panama canal, but we have simply loved Mexico too much to rush it. The Sea of Cortez is the most incredibly special cruising ground, and we would highly recommend it to anyone seeking gorgeous anchorages, jaw-dropping wildlife, and the best sunsets you’ve ever seen. I will be continuing to update our blog with the back stories of our travels through Mexico, so please feel free to read through for a taste of our adventure.

Click here for a detailed description, photos and a video tour of the boat. We will be updating these further once Stu has had a chance to return to the boat in a few weeks’ time.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

— misattributed to Mark Twain

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The much less sexy part of our cruising life (aside from cleaning out the black water tanks and cleaning up insects and mold) - passage planning, weather routing and all the nitty gritty details. Thankfully the kiddos are loving their Little Einstein
Unfortunately, this is the only photo I have to show for our night last night after arriving in Acapulco, despite some middle-of-the-night excitement. When we anchored yesterday evening we paid heed to warnings from friends that the popular anchor s
Almost two weeks after stopping at Zihuatanejo, expecting to just stay a couple days, we’ll be bidding it ‘Hasta Luego’ in the morning. We’ve completely adored this unique part of Mexico, and are certain we’ll be returni
Some days it’s a ‘fall asleep in the kitchen while only wearing one sock and your water shoes’ kind of day 😂
Today’s activities included a trip to the Mercado Municipal to top up our fresh produce, with a couple pit stops along the way (including picking up a new surfboard!). We have worked hard to make this boat as self-sustaining as possible, with o
Some days I feel like all I do all day is tidy our boat. While a small space tends to clean up quickly, it also gets untidy within seconds. But, then I look over and see this, and know they don’t care if it is tidy or not - they just have all t