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Adding Flexible Solar Panels on a Bimini Top

Adding Flexible Solar Panels on a Bimini Top

by sailingwithbloom | Aug 29, 2016 | Boat Gadgets, Living Aboard, Minimalism, Offshore Preparations

In order to be ‘off the dock’ for a few days, we typically turn our fridge off and put a block of ice in it to save on power consumption. Our fridge is by far our biggest power consumer, as we do not have a freezer. So, it was decided to put some solar...
Transitioning from House to Boat

Transitioning from House to Boat

by sailingwithbloom | Feb 7, 2016 | Families on Boats, Living Aboard, Living in Small Spaces, Minimalism

Moving from a house to a boat is not easy, but it IS extremely rewarding. Never again do we have to clean a garage, dust endless shelves of knick knacks or empty the dishwasher. Life has become completely simplified! We are big fans of Joshua Becker’s blog...
The Hunt Is On: finding our new boat and moving onboard

The Hunt Is On: finding our new boat and moving onboard

by sailingwithbloom | Dec 12, 2015 | Families on Boats, Living Aboard, Living in Small Spaces, Minimalism, Sailing

Now that we had the house sold, we needed to find a boat -and pretty pronto at that! We accepted the buyer’s offer on September 13, 2014 and had to be out by November 13th. That gave us two months to find a boat that would also be our new home. As some of you...
Everything Must Go! Time to Sell the House

Everything Must Go! Time to Sell the House

by sailingwithbloom | Dec 6, 2015 | Families on Boats, Minimalism

In April of 2014, we decided that we wanted to live on a boat. At that point, we weren’t sure which boat, but the sea was calling us and the simplistic life of minimalism and low carbon footprint made a lot of sense to us. We spent so much time on board anyhow,...

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