Continuing to look back on our sailboat life, today I'm posting more about our actual sailboat. This was a Norman Cross 46 foot Trimaran. That being said, this is my entry for Vehicle Photography Challenge by @juliank

It was our home, true, but it also took us many places that we never would have been able to go with a typical vehicle!

This sailboat took us from Palm Springs, FL, down the coast and through the Florida Keys before we left to cross to the Bahamas. We thren traveled down through the Bahama islands, exploring as we went. The boat eventually made its way to Turks & Caicos and the Dominican Republic before making it's way back to Palm Springs, where she became another persons' adventuring companion.

The actual layout of the boat is really interesting, making use of every inch of space, this boat was laid out perfectly for our family. We had @serapium and I in one of the back cabins, @abyni in the other back cabin. @knightengale was in one of the side hull cabins with @loliboofae & @schmwke in the other. The four pets on board tended to sleep whever they wanted. Sometimes with the humans, sometimes in the salon and sometimes out on deck... that is when they weren't running about all night while the rest of us tried to sleep! We spent time together on deck or in the salon (aka living room) during the heat of the day or in bad weather.

Here is a good photo for perspective. We had the boat hauled out so that we could repaint the bottom. Here she is, 'parked' next to a semi trailer. See? She looks HUGE!!! We spent almost a week, scraping down the sides, painting a sealing coat and then extra coats of bottom paint that is supposed to help protect the bottom of the boat, especially in more stagnant water where there are a lot of barnacles and such clinging to the bottom.

And here is another view... Abyni is swimming between two of the hulls in the Bahamas:

This is the view of our home from the top of the Shipwreck in Bimini

Here is @abyni resting on one of the trampolines on the front deck while we were sailing on a super calm day.

Since she was the smallest (and nearly the strongest) @abyni was often the one to go up the mast to do minor repairs (or to take photos). Another boat took this photo when they saw her up on the mast. It's a crazy perspective to realize how small she is compared to the boat!

Annnnd, my favorite photo that @abyni took from up on the mast: A bird's eye view of our boat! If you want a little more perspective, you can see Tiberius curled up on the front deck if you look closely and Patrick standing next to him with his fuzzy blue Monster hat.

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Any questions about living on a sailboat?

_{We're going to do a Q&A soon with @serapium and myself... and maybe the kids, too, if you have questions for them! Leave your questions in the comments and I'll compile them for a future post!}

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Other Posts from our BOAT LIFE

Views from Our Sailboat Home

Life of Pets… Who Live on Boats

A Dinghy Ride

Seeing The Shipwreck

Living the Storm: Real Life Freewrite

Swimming with Dolphins: Real Life Freewrite

Underwater Backyard Photography with @abyni