Cruising Catamarans
We’re headed to the Strictly Sail Miami boat show in February since it will be the best place to try and get on as many catamarans (and likely some monos) as … Continue Reading
Author: John Casey
I learned something new already this morning! | Zero to Cruising!
We subscribe to the blog zerotocruising.com from fellow Canadians Mike and Rebbecca Sweeney. In today’s newsletter their article was I learned something new already this morning! It was about a … Continue Reading
Two US Sailors Rescued Nine Times in Seven Months
In case you haven’t heard about these guys yet, read the quick synopsis the Old Salt Blog recently gave on them: Two American sailors, Bob Weise and Steve Shapiro, both … Continue Reading
Dockmanship
Dockmanship is a neat little book from David Owen Bell that covers all the important stuff associated with being close to the dock in about 100 pages. It starts with the basics … Continue Reading
Climbing the Mast Video
I have a thing for watching mast climbing videos. Probably in part because Christa is terrified of heights and I tend to torment her with them… I posted the first … Continue Reading
COLREGS Mnemonic
People generally like using mnemonics to help us remember things. We are no exception. For example, when we were learning how to sail, our instructor Stephen from Sailing School Malta … Continue Reading
Waterproof Floating iPhone Lifejacket
Christa and I both have iPhones, but over the years she has been getting my hand-me-downs each time we move to a new city. Right now I have an iPhone 6+, … Continue Reading
Facial at Manchioneel Bay, BVI
Just around the east corner from some of the more famous locations on Jost Van Dyke (JVT) is Manichioneel Bay and Long Bay which both offer good mooring and anchor … Continue Reading
The End of the Rainbow
It seems being on a catamaran in the Caribbean is in fact at the end of the rainbow.
Caribbean Christmas Snowman
This is the little beach attached to the resort we stayed at until we caught our flight off the island. It was just big enough for three of these daybeds … Continue Reading
Farewell Naples
So we’re now officially in Montgomery Alabama. What’s included below used to be on our Location Page above in the menu. I’m saving it here for posterity. One of these … Continue Reading
The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float
It seems that we have done more reading about sailing that we have done actual sailing for quite some time, which is unfortunate, but has its benefits. While our street-smarts may … Continue Reading
Fasntet, Force 10
As I write this we’re sitting in London, lucky enough to get here for work, and Christa came along for the weekend. That’s not too far away from the start … Continue Reading
Handling Storms At Sea
For a number of reasons we haven’t been able to get back on a boat since our trip to Tunisia. In the mean time we continue to plow through our … Continue Reading
The Practical Mariner’s Book of Knowledge
The Practical Mariner’s Book of Knowledge: 460 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation is described by Amazon as, “either the most useful boating book ever designed to … Continue Reading
Leap Of Faith: Quit Your Job and Live on a Boat
Ok, so I should have paid more attention to the number of pages in this book before I bought it. It’s just wee. Less than 130 pages. Now, as far … Continue Reading
How To Sail Around The World
I recently finished Hal Roth’s How To Sail Around The World. Other than texts books for sailing courses that I have done, it is the first book that I have … Continue Reading
Sailing the Whole Enchilada-¡Qué Bárbara! – John
This book is the sequel to Sailing the Great Escape – ¡QuéBárbara! that I read back in July. It’s also my first foray into the Kindle book realm. While the … Continue Reading
Living A Dream
While Christa is toiling away with her sailing courseware, I just finished another autobiographical account of a couple who quit their jobs and moved aboard their sailboat to go cruising. … Continue Reading
Ode To Credit Card Captains
This is an entertaining/scary look at one of the many reasons why we don’t want to be this guy, and are taking some fairly involved sailing courses before releasing ourselves onto … Continue Reading