January 31, 2026
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Our house is under construction, receiving an update: new floors, closets, fireplace, living room design, and paint.
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See Off the Beaten Path, for pictures and stories. Click here: 2025 India & Maldives
Our house is under construction, receiving an update: new floors, closets, fireplace, living room design, and paint.
Visit PORTUGAL for more stories
After 14 years of sailing, our beautiful Big Sky Nauticat boat was sold in 2021.
We bought our house in Portugal and renamed it "Casa Céu Grande" "Big Sky" in Portuguese.
Spring photos around our beautiful garden below.
We bought our house in Portugal and renamed it "Casa Céu Grande" "Big Sky" in Portuguese.
Spring photos around our beautiful garden below.
Our Diaries share stories of our 13.5 years aboard Big Sky. She safely escorted us through the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Black Sea, and up and down the Atlantic Ocean as we explored more 70+ countries soaking up the beauty of the world and her people. In a word, it was magical. Waking in the morning at anchor surrounded by calm blue waters is my version of heaven. I’ll be homesick for the hundreds of chattering, leaping dolphins who greeted us over the years, the occasional whale, and dozens of flying fish. I’ll miss the ease of waking in one country, and having dinner in another. We changed languages like changing socks. We will miss the sailing community, perhaps the most friendly community out there.
Con’s realized dream, “To Sail in Retirement” began for us in 2007 and has been quite possibly his greatest dream for our retirement.
My message for those with a similar dream, “Don’t put it off for tomorrow, as there are no guarantees in life. Do it now while you have your health and youth.”
My article: The Inspirational Philosophy of Sailing Through Life: https://www.nauticalmind.com/blog/2012/02/sailing-through-life/
Below: View of Sintra from Castle dos Mouros; Erice amphitheatre in Sicily; Gulfo di Castelemmarre, Sicily; castles in Erice; Paxos in the Greek Ionian, and the northern end of the island of Milos.
Con’s realized dream, “To Sail in Retirement” began for us in 2007 and has been quite possibly his greatest dream for our retirement.
My message for those with a similar dream, “Don’t put it off for tomorrow, as there are no guarantees in life. Do it now while you have your health and youth.”
My article: The Inspirational Philosophy of Sailing Through Life: https://www.nauticalmind.com/blog/2012/02/sailing-through-life/
Below: View of Sintra from Castle dos Mouros; Erice amphitheatre in Sicily; Gulfo di Castelemmarre, Sicily; castles in Erice; Paxos in the Greek Ionian, and the northern end of the island of Milos.
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