Key Largo to Dania Beach
The time has finally come to move the boat from my gracious hosts at Calypso Sailing to Just Catamarans in Dania Beach FL. Christa was still in Ottawa, so Lance, one … Continue Reading
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Leopard 58 Cruise To Key West
Since I’m renting dock space from the owners of Calypso Sailing, a charter company in Key Largo, FL, a great opportunity presented itself yesterday. Calypso had to relocate a Leopard 58 … Continue Reading
12-Volt Caframo Cabin Fans
Assuming you all enjoyed my semi-rant about all important toilet seats, here another issue that should be a negligible item to address, but turned out to be the opposite…for me … Continue Reading
Who You Meet At The Dock
One of the many reasons we wanted to get into the cruising life was the inherent bouncing around (see what I did there?) from place to place, and the interesting … Continue Reading
Tropical Storm Philippe
Hurricane season in this part of the world is defined by most organizations (read: insurance companies) as running from 1 June to 1 November. The first boat we looked at … Continue Reading
The Glamour Of Living On A Boat
Ah…the glamour and style of living aboard your very own boat in the tropics. Full of sunsets, fruity drinks and lazy days with nothing to do. To try and reinforce … Continue Reading
We Now Live On Our New Boat!
Well, one of us anyways… After a leisurely 2.5 day drive from Ottawa with a mini van full of our stuff…by myself…I picked Christa up at the Miami airport and … Continue Reading
We Bought A Boat!
Our personal inspection, survey and sea trail were successful, so we have ourselves a boat! We close on 19 Oct, which is about 2 weeks sooner than planned so we’re … Continue Reading
Boat Purchase – Second Accepted Offer
We’re currently on our way down to the Fort Lauderdale area, for our second attempt to close on a boat purchase via personal inspection, survey and sea-trial. On our first … Continue Reading
Tropical Weather
The topic-du-jour has been Hurricane Irma bearing down on the Caribbean and the continental United States. This means a delay on the next prospective boat’s survey and sea-trial as the marina … Continue Reading
Boat Purchase – Offer Accepted!
We just heard from our Broker at 1044 this morning that our offer was accepted on a boat. So…this is no longer a theoretical exercise. Once an offer is accepted … Continue Reading
Boat Names
One of the items our paperwork guy reminded us of was the rather important fact that we need to choose a boat name. Transport Canada has a website where you … Continue Reading
(More) Boat Insurance
The companies we’re communicating with are as follows: Dolphin Insurance Services (US) International Marine Insurance Services (US) The Pegasus Group (US) Offshore Risk Management (US) Cowan Insurance Group (CA) Pantaenius … Continue Reading
Boat Insurance
Now that I’ve had my last official day of work on 30 June 2017, we continue to narrow down our potential boats, but the more pressing matter of how to … Continue Reading
Black Pearl is For Sale
The first catamaran we chartered, a Lagoon 440 called “Black Pearl” is for sale. We’re not sure how we feel about that. It had a great layout, a flybridge hardtop, … Continue Reading
“Amazing record-high 62-foot wave recorded off Irish coast”…or…”So You Want To Go Sailing?”
The towering 62-foot high wave, the largest in the world, was registered by a buoy in the North Atlantic between the north coast and Iceland, the Irish Independent reports. The … Continue Reading
How to Quit Your Job and Live on a Boat
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Strictly Sail Miami
For the second year in a row we’re heading to Strictly Sail Miami! The South’s favorite all-sail boat show returns to Miami Marina at Bayside February 16-20, 2017! Browse … Continue Reading
Selling Our Stuff
Its been almost exactly six months since we posted about our decision to start deliberately unloading our stuff here, with a follow up post here. On top of the money … Continue Reading
The Cruising Guide To The Virgin Islands
One of the more useful items that we had for our most recent charter was The Cruising Guide To The Virgin Islands. You can see in the picture all the … Continue Reading