Ever wonder how the heck we, two people who were most recently living in South Dakota and working in agriculture, got into sailing and are now living on a boat full-time in Canada preparing to head offshore in 2026? Here's the full story...

As I write this, I am enjoying a rare calm, mostly sunny, warm-ish day on the bow of SIRI at our marina slip in Sidney, B.C., Canada, with DTessi snuggled up on a blanket at my feet. We're just shy of two months since we moved aboard full-time on the boat which has somehow defied the logic of time by both flying-by and dragging on as if we're running a marathon of unknown distance. Sailing (motoring) across the Strait of Juan de Fuca bound for Olympia, Washington, a few days