We have finally settled on what seems like a good plan to complete our Verbena live-aboard trip. All international boarders on our route to Australia remain closed due to COVID-19 with no set opening date and our original 3 month…
Category: Planning
Dinghy Name Decision
With the purchase of our new dinghy, we came across a question we thought you could help us answer – what should this new dinghy be called? We have four choices below from Renee, Vera, Bill and Ben that could…
Favorite Things
When we hatched the plan of starting from Denmark one challenge was packing for the trip, especially with the boat so far away. There was all our personal gear, sailing gear, living items and boat operation items. We shipped a…
Freckles the Cat
Many people have asked about our cat Freckles. Besides cleaning out the closets in the house before we left, I was also tasked with determining what to do with Freckles while we are sailing. As far as back story, we…
Closet Cleaning
While Bill was away in Denmark, the kids were at sleep away camp in New Hampshire for 2 weeks. I was wrapping up things in my office and cleaning out the house from top to bottom. We rented out our…
Boat Prep
I spent July 7th to 17th at the X-Yachts facilities in Haderslev prepping Verbena. While the boat was previously owned by a private individual it had been stored at X-Yachts Haderslev, Denmark yard for the last 4 years and was…
About the name Verbena
The name “Verbena” was chosen for the boat because it has all the letters of our children’s Vera and Ben’s names and this trip is really for them. Plus it is a really cool flower. Verbena in Legend and Folklore……