Skip to content
tig & serena

Live simply. Live creatively. Live close to the ones you love.

  • Us
  • Van
  • Boat

Author: tig

cruising

Beaufort, SC

We stayed in Beaufort for a few cold days; low temps in the forties with the wind chill making it even colder. We wanted to … Read More ›

Posted on November 17, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

Catch up post…from Halloween to Beaufort

Carolina Beach V learning to drive the dinghy despite ‘Iil man’s interference. Beach time We spent some extra time at Carolina Beach state park marina … Read More ›

Posted on November 14, 2012July 4, 2019
sailboat

Hurricane Sandy update

Real time update: We are currently holed up in a little marina in the beach town of Carolina Beach, NC. There’s only a few boats … Read More ›

Posted on October 27, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising

Catching up with sv Heron

Our first summer aboard, we met Greg and Tracy of Sv Heron. They were cruising up the coast from Annapolis on their J120 and stopped … Read More ›

Posted on September 22, 2012July 18, 2019
cruising

Meet-up with sv Hawk

We had quite a few highlights from our stop at Annapolis. One of them was meeting Beth Leonard and Evans Starzinger, circumnavigaors and authors of … Read More ›

Posted on September 20, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

National Zoo

Doing’ the elephant at the National Zoo Catching up with Lyo Lyo and Tonya, who is expecting her third! Cutie pie Looking up… …at the … Read More ›

Posted on September 18, 2012July 4, 2019
sailboat

Stowaway

So we find this snake on our boat…or rather, Tig found it under the strawberry plants while puttering around. He captured it with a net, … Read More ›

Posted on September 8, 2012July 4, 2019
sailboat

Engine Tango

What can I say about our engine? I don’t like her and she does not like me. She is loud, obnoxious, stinky and consumes lots … Read More ›

Posted on September 3, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising

Cape May to Chesapeake Bay

As we were leaving Cape May we ran aground while trying to get to a marina fuel dock. (Note to self: start asking about draft/depth … Read More ›

Posted on August 27, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

New Jersey run: Sandy Hook, NJ to Cape May, NJ.

The open sea to the east, the garden state to the west, and few good inlets for sailboats with any draft. I feared New Jersey … Read More ›

Posted on August 24, 2012July 4, 2019

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Bali Family Selfie

Welcome!

We are a family of four, living the good life on the New England coast. You can often find us remuddling our house, tending our garden, taking road trips in our Sprinter van, and plotting other adventures. We completed two cruises on our sailboat, sv Wildest Dream, in 2013 and 2016.

© 2025 tig & serena
Powered by WordPress / Theme by Design Lab