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Category: Checklists

Provisioning Cost

  • By Christa Greer
  • February 15, 2019
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In our previous post we looked at all those items we purchased beyond the large systems we had installed at the boat yard. In this post we look at how … Continue Reading

Sailing Log Template

  • By John Casey
  • March 15, 2018
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Some time before we moved aboard, I got ambitious and created a sailing log template on Adobe with ideas I got from a number of sources online. Our plan was … Continue Reading

Anchor Gear

  • By John Casey
  • February 15, 2018
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One of the great things about living on a boat, is the ability to anchor just about anywhere you like without the need for infrastructure like a marina or mooring … Continue Reading

More Boat Maintenance – It’s a dirty job…but someone’s gotta do it

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 8, 2018
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Women sometimes have difficulty finding their place on the boat. This can be for a number of reasons such as when they’re following their partner’s dream and trying to see … Continue Reading

Boat Maintenance

  • By Christa Greer
  • December 16, 2017
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There’s an aphorism that says cruising is merely making boat repairs in exotic locations. Although we haven’t really had to “repair” our boat yet, after our first night at anchor, … Continue Reading

Boat Inspection & Survey…what we learned

  • By Christa Greer
  • August 17, 2017
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We just returned from The BVI after completing a boat survey and purchase inspection – a first for us. Although we’ve been to The BVI a couple times, this is … Continue Reading

Boat Purchase – Using A Broker

  • By Christa Greer
  • July 12, 2017
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Since we have lived in many many (many) places, we are quite comfortable using a realtor for renting and purchasing a home. This is, however, our first time buying a … Continue Reading

Bareboat Charter Checklist

  • By John Casey
  • October 29, 2016
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I tend to be a checklist guy, at least up to the point that an essential task is performed enough times to become routine or automatic BUT still have something … Continue Reading

Caribbean Yacht Security

  • By John Casey
  • February 26, 2016
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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

COLREGS Mnemonic

  • By John Casey
  • January 23, 2016
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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

Seacock Locations and Diagram

  • By admin
  • September 26, 2014
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Here’s something that is taken directly from Captain John’s Sailing Tip of the Week. Something so silly and obvious, but we all get lazy don’t we… We have a primer for “seacock … Continue Reading

Checklists – Part 2

  • By Christa Greer
  • August 30, 2014
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Now that we have a few miles under us, we have taken all the various checklists that we have come across and developed our own. We had a few templates/drafts … Continue Reading

Checklists

  • By Christa Greer
  • July 8, 2014
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Coming from an aviation background, John was used to having a checklist for just about everything. He was interested in what he could find out there in a similar vein for sailing. … Continue Reading

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