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Sketching Grit: How We Fit a Life Aboard a Nimble 24

How do 2 people live in 8 feet? I’m writing a post about that right now. The working title is Life in 8 Feet — it’s about the two weeks Julia and I spent living aboard our sailboat Grit, our Nimble 24 sailboat. Here’s a sneak peek at part of a sketch I drew to illustrate the piece.

Hand-drawn layout sketch of Nimble 24 yawl Grit showing bow, forepeak berth, galley, port and starboard settees, companionway, foot well, and stern — signed April 1 2026, anchored Shackleford Banks NC
Detail from my hand-drawn sketch of Grit

Note: You can now read the article Life in 8 Feet here.


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