My Heart is at the Carolina Coast

Greetings from Yorktown, Virginia, right off the Chesapeake Bay, where the newly-minted United States won the decisive battle of the Revolutionary War. I’m here aboard our catamaran sailboat, Prelude, and my husband, my dog Sirius, and I will be spending Read more

Sharks!!!! And Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mothers Day everyone! I’ll be Zooming with my mom, my dad, and our kids tonight to celebrate. Zoom celebrations have become the new get-together for my family during the pandemic. Since we’re living on a boat now and almost Read more

Cooking on a boat, aka, and now for something completely….delicious!

Hello from George Town, Grand Exuma Island, Bahamas! For those of you who don’t already know, my husband and I are living on our 38′ catamaran sailboat, the Prelude, for the next few years.  I quit my job as public Read more

Life as a Live-Aboard: An update from the Bahamas, by Shira Anthony

Hello from the middle of nowhere! A month ago, we left North Carolina and I left my day job as a public sector attorney for 2 years of cruising on our catamaran sailboat. Now we’re at anchor aboard Prelude, near Read more

Time to Sail Away!

Tomorrow morning, my husband, our dog Sirius, and I head to our boat on the Florida border for two years of living and sailing aboard the Prelude (yes, she is named in part for the boat in the Blue Note Read more

New Beginnings, New Challenges

On December 12th, Bob and I and our dog, Sirius, will be headed out for a two-year adventure aboard our catamaran sailboat, Prelude. Over the next few years, we’ll be making our way up and down the eastern seaboard, stopping Read more