Sailing Across the Atlantic
I can’t remember where I first saw Sailing Across the Atlantic and downloaded it, but it is on YouTube at the Free Documentary page in 5 parts. I hate it … Continue Reading
Author: John Casey
Best Boats 2016: Bali 4.3 Review – Sail Magazine
Leave it to Catana to come up with something new. This time, it’s a production 43ft catamaran that bears little resemblance to the company’s racy voyagers. They call the new … Continue Reading
Bali 4.5 – Miami Boat Show – Part 2
Part 1 here: Bali 4.5 – Miami Boat Show We had left our information with one of the people working the Bali 4.5 at the show. When we never heard … Continue Reading
Lagoon 42 – Miami Boat Show – Part 2
Part 1 is here: Lagoon 42 – Miami Boat Show The Lagoon 42 webpage has finally been updated with actual pictures instead of computer generated models. They’ve included a video tat … Continue Reading
Maverick 440 – Miami Boat Show – Part 2
Part 2 of our original post here: Maverick 440 – Miami Boat Show Rudi got back to me with some info and prices. I asked him about one that was … Continue Reading
Caribbean Safety and Security Net
CSSN – Caribbean Safety and Security Net – Know Before You Go This is a great site that we came across from a recent tweet from Noonsite.com. The Caribbean Safety … Continue Reading
Sailing the South Pacific
Sailing the South Pacific is a video from 1993 (I think) from Bob Bitchin’ that looks like it has been converted from VHS and uploaded to YouTube…with associated video and … Continue Reading
Caribbean Yacht Security
This is a post from Noonsite.com. Good news that some measures are being put into place to address this issue. Caribbean Yacht Security: New protocols and arrangements for your safety … Continue Reading
All is Lost – Movie
All is Lost is a movie staring Robert Redford about a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean. You may have heard about this movie from a couple of perspectives. It … Continue Reading
Lagoon 42 – Miami Boat Show
One of the boats we were looking forward to seeing was the Lagoon 42. It seemed to be one of the most popular boats of the weekend for most other … Continue Reading
Bali 4.5 – Miami Boat Show
One of the first boats we came across after entering the show was the Bali 4.5. We’ve read a lot of the new Bali line, but had never seen one … Continue Reading
Maverick 440 – Miami Boat Show
The boat we were most intrigued with was the Maverick 440. We had read about them on various blogs and magazines, but had yet to see one (or the 400) … Continue Reading
Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat
Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat is a short documentary about David Welsford from Halifax Nova Scotia, who has given up the luxuries of land in search … Continue Reading
Aragorn’s Studio Raku Pottery – Trellis Bay BVI
While we were waiting for the craziness to start with the BVI version of Burning Man at Trellis Bay on Christmas, we had some time to enjoy a tour and … Continue Reading
Waterproof Camera Float
Since we had ordered a new underwater camera for our charter over Christmas, I wanted to get some camera floats. One for the camera for when we were snorkeling or kayaking , … Continue Reading
Coast Guard approves official electronic charts
Interesting news. I’ve had more than one person tell me that electronic charts had been officially allowed for years. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard published guidance Feb. 5 that … Continue Reading
Miami Boat Show – Strictly Sail Miami
Less than a week to go! The annual Strictly Sail Miami show kicks off in Miami on February 11, and as usual there’s a strong multihull contingent. Among the new … Continue Reading
Avred Fuchs Sails the North Atlantic Greenland to Germany
Avred Fuchs Sails the North Atlantic Greenland to Germany looks to be a great documentary. I have only found Part 1 and Part 5 of the five part series online. … Continue Reading
Fish ID Cards
Each time we went snorkeling or diving we would always say afterwards that we wished we had an ID card or book available to help identify the spectacular sea life that … Continue Reading
Catamaran vs Monohull
As we get closer to Strictly Sail Miami we’re trying to load up with as much information as possible. We came across and interesting set of videos from SV Delos on their YouTube … Continue Reading