https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog daily 0.75 2026-01-10 https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr-lsxxd-5r6g6-anmfz-whhdg-y3swt-87zxf-6gcs6-enmay monthly 0.5 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/b910b31a-de44-4df4-a712-716eb6df8f42/Claire+and+Jon.png Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out It was SO good to see Claire and Jon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/2d4ed6c8-513f-43b5-bf24-6e9e2a0ecf64/family+reunion.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out A long-anticipated reunion with my Dad’s side of the family! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/e1b57a42-bda1-44cd-8df2-b4ce829663c6/Addie+play.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out Addie was a clerk, a kite flyer and a park stoller in Mary Poppins Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/b801e25d-54c0-4741-9150-80468950d6d0/Guy+Fawkes.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out Getting back to the things we love. Our annual Guy Fawkes gathering. A small but mighty crowd in 2025 due to last-minute planning, but the 18-year tradition lives on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/f275496c-8195-46e6-a617-f7816c45adf0/Layla.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out We arrived safely. Layla is dry and clean. She’s still gorgeous and ready for her next adventure….it’ll just be with someone else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/ac6909a0-bee9-4aa9-8a0b-10faaf72a55a/AA+wall.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out We love this wall. So much love! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/2ec7b530-27ff-4bf8-97aa-e4294ea5afb3/volleyball.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out Our worlds coming together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/17e2e61b-eb65-467f-9dc7-16b15265a75f/Annual+pumpkin+carving.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out Our annual pumpkin carving/decorating. Thanks for the fun pumpkins, Heidi and Peter! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/aaff7089-8686-43b2-9079-ff54105f70e8/Sid+and+Addie.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out Even after all of that boat closeness, they still like each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/e664860d-4f62-4cf9-997e-1c5d5dfb00f7/boat+friend+locations.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out The locations of our boat friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/64e922fa-79f7-4579-bbb3-265c8000c7d3/Bike+path+with+soft+yellow+leaves.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out Sid and I went for a bike ride while Steve and Addie threw a frisbee. Riding over this yellow blanket of soft leaves was blissful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/91da5eb1-e2f9-4b40-b24d-3f4961b439c5/sailboats+painting.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out The post-it note speech bubbles say things like “Mom, I’m hot!” and “Dad, the toilet is broken again.” The welcome sign is a maple barrel top. Addie painted it while we lived at Claire and Jon’s house in Massachusetts over the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/79fd8869-93d3-469f-9345-33dccc5c1a91/Sid+and+Steve.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out I mean, look at the smile on that boy! Sheesh! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/6b1336f8-d71c-4113-b933-c4a3cc43ac91/Sid+Mountain+biking.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life Sid shaved 13 minutes (!) off of his time from his first race on the same track—even after missing six weeks of his first season with a broken arm! (On a different note, I have no idea why Squarespace is making me type this all the way over here….?!?!?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/25a100e5-2cbe-4677-becb-280ca1cc8daf/Sid+Chess.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out From mountain biking to chess tournaments… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/6646b129-5b61-412e-8028-cb865c281915/Steve.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out So grateful for this man who takes care of everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/abd633f2-c9c2-4b9e-bc82-d5df566c21bb/advancement.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out My work team celebrating a successful 75th Anniversary Gala (we raised over $1.2M!). These people make me look forward to going to work. (Yes, I actually said that.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/00bab99f-2a0d-492a-9401-18356ccb63c7/Addie+in+convertible.jpg Swift Family Blog - 11/13/25 - It’s a Wonderful Life - Make it stand out I swear she had a HUGE smile behind all of that. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr-lsxxd-5r6g6-anmfz-whhdg-y3swt-87zxf-6gcs6 monthly 0.5 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/8b078fe1-4080-43ba-b072-e0e36e238cb8/garden+cafe.jpeg Swift Family Blog - 8/22/25 - Making Sense of It All - Make it stand out The Garden Cafe: My favorite coffee shop in St. Louis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/d6ca7d28-20ff-4a15-8e4e-c159d091b2d3/convertible.jpg Swift Family Blog - 8/22/25 - Making Sense of It All - Make it stand out Driving to school on the first day of school with the required first-day-of-school paper towels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/48a5db22-7e7d-456f-ae7c-6c10fe267eba/This+must+be+the+place.jpg Swift Family Blog - 8/22/25 - Making Sense of It All - Make it stand out So fitting. This is the neon sign that hangs in the living room of the Airbnb we are renting for the next six months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/33b8c7d7-ffd6-4ed8-a263-133887a62788/Claire+and+Jons+door.jpg Swift Family Blog - 8/22/25 - Making Sense of It All - Make it stand out Claire and Jon’s open back door. I was so struck by this when I saw it the first time. Growing up, if our door was open, the screen door was always closed to stop the bugs from coming in. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr-lsxxd-5r6g6-anmfz-whhdg-y3swt-87zxf monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/c517586b-7c2a-41e1-9504-9e9143be657f/bilge+pump.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out Our oh-so-important bilge pump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/2df712b3-521c-43db-b226-9386445f6121/First+day+Colyn.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out August 1, 2024 - Working on the bilge pump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/51a43206-b067-471a-a0d8-97a5311090a5/Blaine+and+Holly+joking.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out June 2024 - Pretending we’re going to crash with Captain Blaine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/2a4f4913-c517-45a3-a4a2-a2eed8a73325/Soup.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out Cooking lessons in the marina living room. (Sid was playing video games with Luann and apparently he met his match!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/407344b7-a33b-4f42-b4f7-a4689328caf2/teaching+Addie+to+wire.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out Colyn teaching Addie how to strip wire while he installed our new solar panels and Starlink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/8ae722cb-96dd-4ae6-ae1d-8365537a60f4/View+from+boat+this+morning.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out A low-key part of St. Augustine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/99bdc63c-77b3-4fff-ab80-c74831d9c5db/claire+and+Jon.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out Hanging out with Jon and Claire in Southport while Sid and Addie walked their dog, Bailey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/51d399b8-7d2f-4be1-b8f0-41ec7fc112b5/vacuum+seal.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out Thank God for vacuum seal bags. This is two large squishmallows and three queen size pillows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/642e095e-c165-45f4-ba4b-88e8f94bae34/Colyn+and+Luann.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out Hanging out at Colyn and Luann’s brand new apartment. They lived on a boat for years but recently moved to land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/b25a6e02-8370-4053-b2db-bb3ff9af1825/blaine+Steve+Holly.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out June 2024 - Steve and Blaine had just worked through an engine issue during a thunderstorm and then the sun came out. At this point, we were about an hour away from our final destination of New Bern, NC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/22d94563-c757-4225-8c65-1f809d6c2da7/anchor.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/26/25 - Reflections from Layla - Make it stand out Oh anchor, how I love you so. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr-lsxxd-5r6g6-anmfz-whhdg-y3swt monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/5fcf8ea6-c06b-410c-be26-5a968c7a4fbd/Steve+working+in+NY.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/23/25 - Steve - Make it stand out Steve working and enjoying a bagel in Hoboken, NJ on June 17th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/303f4e13-2f79-418f-984d-c8554fe0425a/Steve+ziplining.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/23/25 - Steve - Make it stand out Steve on a zipline platform in Hawley, MA on June 9th (Happy birthday, Adam!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/7eb11435-c0f3-4691-a273-ce61092e1f6f/Steve+NY+with+Key+lime.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/23/25 - Steve - Make it stand out Steve in NYC enjoying key lime cheesecake before seeing “Operation Mincemeat” on Broadway. PS - GO SEE THAT SHOW! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/2ffe4818-2e1e-4aa0-b04e-b08e78c33cf0/Steve+today.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/23/25 - Steve - Make it stand out Yes, I’m well aware that this “proof of life” photo should have a newspaper with the date. I didn’t have one. This will have to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/0f896562-9f9d-4ff6-922a-5db2c367b3a7/Steve+protest.jpg Swift Family Blog - 6/23/25 - Steve - Make it stand out Steve with his protest sign (Side A) in Worthington, MA on June 13th. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr-lsxxd-5r6g6-anmfz-whhdg monthly 0.5 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/ff3fe3df-77d1-4043-959f-ddeddc4bcf76/cruise+ship.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out Oh the memories of working for Holland America Line…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/b56a6b7c-e98a-42b9-992d-e83fbb86800d/Sid--Lunar+Landing.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out Sid landed the lunar module twice in a row. I know this seems easy but it was REALLY hard for the rest of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/72ab1f84-b3bb-47a0-895a-8e7c08cad674/laundry.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out I mean…look at my face! Have you ever, in your life, seen anyone so happy to be hugging gigantic bag of clean laundry? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/5a663f39-6281-4507-b9fd-db2d3a4595c0/paper+towels.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out We ran out of paper towels. Thank you Port Canaveral Yacht Club for letting us have a few extra to get us by until we got to the grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/e4b7aa9a-2bb7-469b-b965-f409301a5a4b/laundry+joy.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out CLEAN! It’s ALL clean!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/1e8c6ab4-70d8-421e-8e3b-69344832c638/Port+Canaveral+Yacht+Club.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out Port Canaveral Yacht Club - the friendliest group of sailors you’ll ever meet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/f3c658e0-32d6-429c-9747-f5cf26ccea21/Choose+your+journey.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out At the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. “Choose your journey.” Seemed fitting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/2671510d-2a60-49db-9610-b58f0bc78194/Addie+banana+bread.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out Addie baking banana bread. When she was doing math the other day, she kept saying “Mom, guess what? I’m clean!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/8e36557c-6a63-42ec-8dc3-26296a660558/parasailing.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out See? I promise we’re doing well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/de3ad04f-9772-4bbe-ac11-5862377634a4/onwards.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/31/25 - Tightrope - Make it stand out Onwards. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr-lsxxd-5r6g6-anmfz monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/da601048-8ae2-460d-94b9-e0de71511135/stars.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/27/25 - The Pivot? - Make it stand out Anchoring off of an uninhabited island offers quiet and extraordinary views of the stars. The super bright lights at the bottom are the anchor lights of neighboring boats. The rest of those white dots are stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/70ab37dc-f135-46d6-9109-06de27567af2/shark.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/27/25 - The Pivot? - Make it stand out …and we saw a seven-foot-long reef shark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/36895247-486b-47c7-9054-1f2528adb400/Steve+zoom.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/27/25 - The Pivot? - Make it stand out Steve in a Zoom meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/8ab74221-d82a-4948-b0b9-2d80eef222e1/Sid+driving+dinghy.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/27/25 - The Pivot? - Make it stand out Sid driving our “car” (dinghy) with Layla in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/c263262e-c487-405d-b035-2eb20b6d3f53/Addie+night+watch.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/27/25 - The Pivot? - Make it stand out Addie checking the gauges on “her” night watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/f736ee73-44f1-4622-aed2-8d57626abab0/family.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/27/25 - The Pivot? - Make it stand out Team Swift at Gillam Bay, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/92fff1f4-b3fe-4a6c-a45d-c1fd0ec63216/Sid+and+mom+scuba.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/27/25 - The Pivot? - Make it stand out Sid and me on our first dive…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/5740606e-0539-48c7-9b82-bce5f9bd059d/All+the+Days.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/27/25 - The Pivot? - Make it stand out Steve had this hanging in our house (and now on our boat) for years. He initially brought it onboard to remind us that we are getting the most out of life (Go us!) by living on the boat. However, recently, it has had the opposite of its intended effect and has pushed us to consider moving back on land. It comes from a website called waitbutwhy.com. An accompanying piece to this is called “The Tail End” and can be found here. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr-lsxxd-5r6g6 monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/eca0da20-96cb-4254-9062-ec674129ceed/Green+Turtle+Club.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out …and then went to a pool with them to rinse off the saltwater. We ended up eating dinner at the Green Turtle Club and dancing to the live music of our Snorkel/Scuba Master’s (Brendal’s) band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/78998a8f-4a82-41db-a0ad-8b684d4d20a9/steve+dinghy.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out There is a SIGNIFICANT amount of water in our dinghy if we leave it on the water for any normal length of time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/6f74f405-1170-4425-bc39-51a9bdadf04d/rain.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out I thought it best include a photo of the rain instead of the toilet. You’re welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/6d5f504c-b181-4cc6-9de0-400485c369db/Sid+and+Mom+scuba.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out Sid and I did our first REAL dive. Amazing. Hopefully the underwater photos turned out well. I need to plug that camera in when we have a bit of power to spare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/92733862-0434-48f1-820b-153ae804e2d7/renewing+vows.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out Luckily, after all of this, we still like each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/fe4952fd-5e57-43f8-b397-15ae90dd3840/loyalists.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out The Loyalist Memorial Sculpture Garden - During the American Revolution, many colonists loyal to the British crown fled to the Bahamas. This garden had statues and stories for some of the descendants of those loyalists. It was also a relatively private and shady place for Sid to do the Cupid Shuffle, one of his five PE assignments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/ccf9d05c-bd07-47f6-89fc-bd53bacd7420/Sid+and+water+cups.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out Sid triumphant with his water cups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/5eb380f4-14e0-4f1b-a588-3f42158b222c/dishes.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out Dishes. Always. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/730491ae-35d1-4af4-b4ed-8fdd0c3cb83e/feeding+stingrays.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out We fed wild stingrays with some friends at Coco Bay…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/f2ea3e3e-e3a2-4f0f-8a4d-b5dd27c5355d/Gillam+Bay.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out Our family at Gillam Bay, Green Turtle Cay, Abacos, Bahamas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/ea00b866-feeb-4400-838a-c16fb84c9153/friends.JPG Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out All the beaches in the world can’t compare to a fun night with friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/d1ce21be-1386-460e-8927-51b6880f18ba/wild+pigs.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out Pigs, chickens, lizards, stingrays, sharks, turtles…..wildlife abounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/1aa9ae0f-4a11-42ab-bbeb-59528c9295e0/batteries.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/25/25 - A Non-Post: Boat Life Extremes - Make it stand out We look at this battery gauge frequently throughout the day. If the batteries are running low, we switch off what we can. Or…if we’re desperate, we run the engine. Running the engine heats up the entire boat—especially Sid and Addie’s rooms—and it takes a long, long time to cool down. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr-lsxxd monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/58ca808b-cbbf-4435-8250-9d121f7e28b8/Addie+young.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/9/25 - Oversharing: Excessive Reflections & Updates From My Parents’ Patio - Make it stand out May 22, 2021 - Carlyle Lake, IL - First Sailing Class https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/833481db-c32c-4824-ab96-8d9b16d575d9/Space+Camp.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/9/25 - Oversharing: Excessive Reflections & Updates From My Parents’ Patio - Make it stand out Space Camp May 2025 - Huntsville, AL Addie Swift, Mission Commander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/620601e1-af9f-47ee-9f6a-6689e5de6ca3/compass.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/9/25 - Oversharing: Excessive Reflections & Updates From My Parents’ Patio - Make it stand out Steve always has this compass with him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/f977f43f-cbe6-4a4c-afe3-819d92d41606/Sid+young.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/9/25 - Oversharing: Excessive Reflections & Updates From My Parents’ Patio - Make it stand out July 9, 2021 - Captiva Island, FL - Second sailing class https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt-t7ttr monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/14a9da9d-da9a-4b9f-9acd-261a3f2d27cd/Steve+and+Sid.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/5/25 - Self-Care - Make it stand out Waving goodbye to Steve and Sid in Ft. Pierce. That was last week. As of this exact moment (3:48pm on 5/5) it is hailing hard in Florida and Steve is sending me audio files of how loud it is (and mopping up the water from where Sid’s hatches leaked)! Sheesh! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/fc190cc4-72e7-4cb1-bc7f-efd6b435fc0a/coffee.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/5/25 - Self-Care - Make it stand out My go-to: A journal and a chai latte. Always. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/c9ac38f8-bbd0-479a-a94c-18b484d2734c/Keys+to+Layla.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/5/25 - Self-Care - Make it stand out June 1, 2024 - St. Augustine, FL - Full of hope and anticipation! We had just gotten the keys to Layla. Interestingly, we met our first boat family since we left the dock last week in Ft. Pierce. They saw our boat and asked if we bought it in St. Augustine. What? Yes we did….? Apparently, they had looked at Layla and considered buying her. They said she was gorgeous—the perfect boat, but a bit too small for them as they have three kids. The husband was in a sailing class in St. Augustine when I popped into the marina building—and that sailing class—to grab Layla’s keys for the first time. This husband later told his wife that “the nicest family with two little kids just bought Layla!” Unknowingly, we ended up meeting them and connecting deeply over our respective boat sorrows last week (they were stuck, too). They even showed us photos of their family on our boat. What an incredible coincidence! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/04acca7a-4c0b-4693-93f1-829ad0b22aee/Space+camp+departure.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/5/25 - Self-Care - Make it stand out 5AM on Sunday morning. Addie before she boards the bus to Space Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/e2317e23-74cf-43b8-8627-35f514cc226a/labrynth.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/5/25 - Self-Care - Make it stand out In the last few years, I have gained a great appreciation for walking labyrinths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/0dc212e1-f63c-4661-a076-b816fb6856a6/Reset+Button.jpg Swift Family Blog - 5/5/25 - Self-Care - Make it stand out In short, more has gone wrong on the boat in the last few weeks. Before we scattered, all four of us promised that we would each do all we could to press our respective “reset” buttons. This is our whiteboard on the boat. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c-xsskt monthly 0.5 2025-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/c6d924c7-2333-4690-8825-f7693df5b5ad/launch.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/24/25 - Blind Spots & Fenders - Make it stand out PS - We did see the launch the next day. Amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/2a8685e6-d365-45f7-9b7a-3c8915dc8ff9/sunset+on+4-23.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/24/25 - Blind Spots & Fenders - Make it stand out Sunset on 4/23. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn-hgc5c monthly 0.5 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/f910a5ac-819b-47ec-8715-f5ee53e88f46/Moonrise--4-20.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/20/25 - Dancing with Layla - Make it stand out Moonrise. Light rising out of darkness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/36437d2b-8a7b-4ec7-aec9-9217f7c6def3/shoe.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/20/25 - Dancing with Layla - Make it stand out My shoe drying out after getting caught on ropes, etc. and falling into the water just before we undocked. Steve hit the ground FAST to save it! Thanks, Steve! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/fdc64379-7dbd-4c53-85e2-d7f2c0e4e3a4/Steve+and+me.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/20/25 - Dancing with Layla - Make it stand out Steve and I on watch. (Or should it be “Steve and me”) Hmm…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/e62eda72-426c-4b59-8169-fe79af30f06d/kids+at+sunset.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/20/25 - Dancing with Layla - Make it stand out I want it all for the people I love. Addie and Sid at sunset taking selfies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/f18446ad-c59e-4a86-a462-d690f633eee2/Moon+reflection.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/20/25 - Dancing with Layla - Make it stand out My happy moment. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt-f3fzn monthly 0.5 2025-04-19 https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc-jffyt monthly 0.5 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/c255783c-b385-42a4-aa67-1eb4c57a4eed/boat+pass2.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/18/25 - Night Watch - Make it stand out This is our sailing friend. As you can see the water was very calm. Long may that continue! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/6efc35a7-caf0-428f-bdf8-933a35740112/boat+pass+1.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/18/25 - Night Watch - Make it stand out Yup…that’s a boat on the horizon. You can see the distant glow of Charleston on the right. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46-63cxc monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj-j8h46 monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/a6145804-c891-455a-baf9-13d7f312d22e/Addie+carowinds.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/4/25 - Limbo in an Alternate Universe - Make it stand out At Carowinds, an amusement park where you can straddle the border of the Carolinas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/ab809b9a-db7b-4813-a984-e0a69ac9f85e/Art+Museum.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/4/25 - Limbo in an Alternate Universe - Make it stand out At the Crystal Bridges Museum of Modern Art in Bentonville. This “We the People” United States Constitution piece is made from the shoelaces of Americans from all different cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/65c59469-a242-450f-a18a-846c530871bd/signs+birthday.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/4/25 - Limbo in an Alternate Universe - Make it stand out This is what greeted us when we arrived at my parents’ house our first night in St. Louis. My dad made the signs and my mom made a German chocolate birthday cake. Thanks, Mom and Dad (for EVERYTHING)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/4d51fcb2-b618-4c29-a5c3-42d81ca83ec5/Sid+checkers.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/4/25 - Limbo in an Alternate Universe - Make it stand out Laying low. Checkers in the basement with Sid. I won. :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/4309c93f-af23-41b9-9974-abcdacaa8434/Monopoly.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/4/25 - Limbo in an Alternate Universe - Make it stand out The best, most fun game of Monopoly ever. Sid won (as he likes to remind us). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/10da867e-1cbe-4a44-8529-8a706b54d5ab/Addie+birthday.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/4/25 - Limbo in an Alternate Universe - Make it stand out What an incredible outpouring of love! Thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/6d078ecd-4ebf-4c74-952b-5128307aba72/Sid+chess.jpg Swift Family Blog - 4/4/25 - Limbo in an Alternate Universe - Make it stand out Sid loves chess and has played since he was four. In Bentonville, there was a guy with a table and a sign that said “Beat me and win $1.” It was a quick and fierce timed game that drew a crowd. At one point, the man said “I might have to give away my first $1.” Sid gave him a great run but ultimately lost. I’m proud of you, Sid! https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5-9mwrj monthly 0.5 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/fc36734f-ef04-4c3b-92f6-59542368a7f6/1A-sunset+in+Holden+Beach.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/14/25 - $85. - Make it stand out There is beauty even in this super industrial boatyard on the ICW. If you listen hard, you can hear the ocean less than half a mile away. Mother, Mother Ocean, I have heard you call.” -Jimmy Buffett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/0c24e08f-dcec-4cb4-8521-edeb9d2976b6/1A-Coddiwomple--3-14.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/14/25 - $85. - Make it stand out Steve found this on Facebook back in November. It hangs in our saloon. That said, I think we might be pushing the boundaries of this. We’re the coddiwomplingest-coddiwomplers I know these days! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/a8632b6c-de88-40c0-acc2-5af7f74e5501/1A-Steve.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/14/25 - $85. - Make it stand out Steve moments after the conversation below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/545fd580-6532-4e88-a201-083f5c8de33c/1-Atext+chain.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/14/25 - $85. - Make it stand out Text chain between Steve and I an hour after his initial conversation with Diane. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635-tr7b5 monthly 0.5 2025-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/d0959ac3-9f75-4b85-95f0-c56fbea87fd9/family+charades.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Fun family game. Two words. Second word: “Charades.” First word. Sounds like “pit.” PS - Sid calls this his “creepy smile.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/91bd5a25-5170-491c-8718-e7fe4114d3ae/kids+getting+along.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Playing games on Jon and Claire’s boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/516d9994-7dbd-47bd-87f8-d11104ef4ce0/1-enthusiasm.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Enthusiasm in human form. (Folks, this is as vulnerable as it gets. I mean, who puts a photo of themselves looking like this on the internet?!?? Oy!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/66551653-2df4-4eff-8948-b2998707e2e2/1-Steve+discouraged.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Thinking hard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/488f6f7b-e342-4cb8-b4d8-c0e556307304/addie+and+i+playing+ukulele.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Weekend fun: Feeling good on Saturday morning - break out the ukuleles! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/8e2fb396-894a-413c-bde0-2be9b759d5dd/1-being+towed.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Sid and Addie hanging out on the bow. The second time in four months that our boat has been in motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/8ea6ce13-b5d3-42b6-b0a6-c13c9aae4163/kids+charades--3-7-25.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Two syllables. Second syllable. “Fort.” When we were in “Beaufort” and our electrical cords didn’t work and Dad, Captain Jeremy and Captain Blaine spent the day trying to fix it. We bought a lot of items that day only to discover later that the problem was with the pedestal at the dock! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/ff0d3d35-12b1-415e-889e-f8a69702375b/1-Claire+and+Jon.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Hanging out with Claire and Jon (the kids were walking their dog, Bailey). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/6cde94c6-ec6c-473f-ad9f-32f89159c5e2/charades+bowl.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out We just kept writing and writing and writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/2a27dc76-7364-4834-8f07-3b7863bf2b86/1-Vhennis.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out We played the game we made up a few weeks ago: V-Hennis (Pronounced Vuh-HENNIS). Combination of volleyball, handball and tennis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/04381329-df38-49b3-9e00-db75a65958c9/1-painkiller.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out Delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/23b94dc6-ece7-4c4b-bc89-c7d10250f168/1-flat+tire+cornhole.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/12/25 - Double or Nothing? (Warning: LONG post.) - Make it stand out When life gives you lemons…. Playing Cornhole on side of highway waiting for AAA. Yup….we had to unload ALL of our stuff to get to the spare tire. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst-yd3gs-7l635 monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/67deeb8c-0154-40b1-9fb6-0b0ecb206858/screaming+at+the+rain.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/10/25 - Breaking Point? - Make it stand out The spot where I let out my crazy and screamed at the rain. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2-mxsst monthly 0.5 2025-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/ccbda898-7b9c-4548-a648-80b09859eec8/Layla2-circle.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/7/25- Thank you for your kindness. - Make it stand out Adam saw this and took a photo. Thanks, Adam! (Although now that I’m looking at it….I’m hoping this was standstill traffic…? ;-) https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-95eh7-ys2bk-andbp-97cwa-ah3s2 monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/3f8399bf-f0e7-489b-879a-eb4f4e8aead0/haven.jpg Swift Family Blog - 3/6/25- Disappointment - Make it stand out “Haven” has been just that for us. 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It’s a fun restaurant with signs like “We don’t skinny dip. We chunky dunk.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/779b4741-9279-424d-a2c3-1762ddbc3999/Steve.jpg Swift Family Blog - 2/26/25 - Seriously? - Make it stand out But the towels are not always right: saltwater does NOT heal everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/11c4fe9e-67da-4ad5-92c1-279864bdbd56/Bench.jpg Swift Family Blog - 2/26/25 - Seriously? - Make it stand out Steve and Addie processing the idea of another delay. https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn-es6t7 monthly 0.5 2026-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/75a9e9e8-d1ef-4475-b4de-0c261d6a20ed/family+in+southport.jpg Swift Family Blog - HP’s Questionable Thoughts pt.2 - Make it stand out My family in Southport https://www.sailingswifties.com/swift-family-blog/blog-post-title-four-9cpr4-sd9l2-crzmz-7klgn monthly 0.5 2026-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66f9545059edcf27166d1200/45e42114-af0e-4bb8-b46c-f9cb88d4f232/3-us+and+Blaine.jpg Swift Family Blog - 2/23/25 - Spinning in place - Make it stand out The five of us infront of Blaine’s super cool van. 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