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Outback Water Filtration – Part 1

  • By admin
  • July 7, 2022
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The water source at our house is from a well. It had some of the best tasting water we have experienced until we discovered the high mineral content that was … Continue Reading

80° North: Sailing On Top Of The World

  • By admin
  • December 12, 2020
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80° North: Sailing On Top Of The World is a great addition to your sailing movies library. It’s a new mini-series from SV Delos and 59 North that covers their … Continue Reading

Weather Resources

  • By John Casey
  • March 14, 2019
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Recently we had a great sailing adventure to The Bahamas with friends that own a Leopard 45 catamaran. We will be forever grateful to them for getting us out of … Continue Reading

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

Purchases Beyond Boat Yard Work

  • By John Casey
  • February 13, 2019
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In our last post, we covered our plan and budget vs reality for our boat yard work. In this post  we’re looking at the surprising number of items that we ended … Continue Reading

Plan and Budget vs Reality for Boat Yard Work

  • By John Casey
  • February 11, 2019
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In the previous post, we looked at the purchase price and admin costs associated with actually buying the boat. In this post we are covering what our boat yard work … Continue Reading

Don’t Tell Mother! or Look What Can Happen With Lightning

  • By John Casey
  • November 8, 2018
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Nine Brits rescued after lightning strike sparks boat blaze off Thailand www.thesun.co.uk  

Catamaran Market Report – Q3 2018

  • By John Casey
  • October 4, 2018
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Since we just sold our boat, we were interested to find a 2018 Q3 market report on catamaran sales and we able to see where we fit in the overall … Continue Reading

We got hit by lightning – Now what?

  • By John Casey
  • April 25, 2018
  • 2 Comments

Lucky for us, we had insurance coverage (many people self-insure) and are now back in South Florida dealing with the inevitable repairs associated with a lightning strike. As it turns … Continue Reading

So…why did lightning hit our boat?

  • By John Casey
  • April 22, 2018
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So…why did lightning hit our boat, and not others close by? We have no idea, nor does anyone else, regardless of the various theories out there whether credible or not. … Continue Reading

Our Winter Cruise Ends…With A Bang

  • By John Casey
  • April 19, 2018
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The morning after we anchored in Rock Sound (again) to trouble shoot our starboard engine, we were woken by an approaching thunderstorm. It was about 0545 on March 11th, the … Continue Reading

On To Cat Island…Almost

  • By John Casey
  • April 16, 2018
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By March 9th we had started to grow restless in our anchorage at Rock Sound, Eleuthera. I was probably feeling it more than Christa, as we had been trying to … Continue Reading

Rock Sound Eleuthera

  • By Christa Greer
  • April 13, 2018
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We pulled into Rock Sound Harbour mid-afternoon with lots of light to find a good spot to drop our anchor. While John was at the helm, I stood on the … Continue Reading

On To Alabaster Bay – Eleuthera

  • By Christa Greer
  • April 7, 2018
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As we got up early to leave for Eleuthera, fishing boats were just heading out. This large trawler was towing 3 smaller boats who were part of his fleet, just … Continue Reading

Touring Spanish Wells by Golf Cart

  • By Christa Greer
  • April 2, 2018
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After the beautiful Exumas we continued north to Spanish Wells for a couple days to stock up on some provisions and wait for good weather to head to Eleuthera. During … Continue Reading

WiFi and Lizards in the Exumas

  • By Christa Greer
  • March 20, 2018
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As we headed north from Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, our next stop was Normans Cay where notorious drug smuggler, Carlos Lehder, built an ambitious operation in the early … Continue Reading

“I recognize you from your knot”

  • By John Casey
  • March 16, 2018
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In Rock Sound, we were anchored off a place called Frigate’s Bar & Grill, which is a pretty good resto-bar and has a good sized dinghy dock that they let … 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

Exploring Ruins on Pipe Cay

  • By John Casey
  • March 7, 2018
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We were looking for a convenient place to anchor north of Staniel Cay area before spending some time at the Land & Sea Park at Warderick Wells. Christa suggested Pipe … Continue Reading

Staniel Cay and Big Majors Spot

  • By John Casey
  • March 6, 2018
  • 1 Comment

The trip from Black Point to the Staniel Cay area was a quick one; just 5 miles around a few shallow areas. The winds were a bit sporty, but we … Continue Reading

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