The boat

Many non-sailing/cruising friends have asked "What will it be like?"  "Where will you sleep?"  "What will you eat?"  "How will you cook?"

The food issues I talked about in Menu planning, here.

To answer the other questions, perhaps you might go read one or more of the many, many, books out there on liveaboard cruising, or cruising with kids.   If I get a chance, I'll post a list of books on the topic.   In our case we are chartering a boat (getting a bit of a discount for keeping it for so long).  It's comparable to renting a car or RV in experience.   For now, here's a link and some pictures of the kind of boat we'll have.

inside layout

inside view -
notice the lack of books, LEGOS and clutter?  Ya.  That's how you can tell it's not our boat.

under sail