Maldives Diving
Another step in our (cruising) master plan was to get SCUBA qualified, and we wanted to combine it with a vacation to a “suitable” tropical location that we have yet … Continue Reading
Category: Education
Boat Crash Test?
Wow! I guess it makes sense for a manufacturer to verify the safety of their design with potential hazards, but we never knew there were boats subjected to actual crash tests as you … Continue Reading
Sailing The Farm
The other day we started looking for items about food and drink on board, and that turned into a whole lot of rabbit-holes about surviving on board in general, and … Continue Reading
Scuba
Now that we’ve become weather wimps living in Southern Italy the next trip had to be somewhere warm. Our recent trip to Austria and Germany between Christmas and New Years ranged … 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
Approaching The Dock
We have had pretty good luck with our docking adventures so far. Most of our time has been spent on a Dufour 36 and a Bavaria 46. We’ve had some sporty … Continue Reading
Get Her On Board
When John ordered this book, I was intrigued by the title Get Her On Board. It’s a guy’s guide to convincing a reluctant wife that sailing off into the sunset … Continue Reading
Blue Water Boats
While searching for information on various designs we came across the Blue Water Boats website. It bills itself as “a collaborative resource of sailboat reviews for our cruising community,” and has … Continue Reading
Knots
We’ve gone from being able to tie a bowline in the dark (or with our eyes closed) to having to look it up again! We have a couple of good books … 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
Why The Ocean Calls To Us, According To Science
Why The Ocean Calls To Us, According To Science White Island / LiveSailDie.com Media Why The Ocean Calls To Us, According To Science By DazzaMc on September 14, 2014 Random … 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
International Certificate of Competence (ICC)
We’ve all heard the stories of Credit Card Captains in the Caribbean. There is even a pretty good YouTube video here that amply demonstrates the issue. Essentially the problem is … Continue Reading
Bumfuzzle
I finished reading Bumfuzzle – Just Out Looking for Pirates a couple weeks ago however it took a while to percolate my opinion of the book. It’s a tale of a young couple deciding to give up their careers to … Continue Reading
Weather Tool For Sailors
Even though this may make us a shill for YBW, they do have a really nice online weather tool: Weather Tool For Sailors.
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
Seacock Locations and Diagram
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
The Physics Of Sailing
An even better video than the previous one explain why the sail reacts the way it does.
Sail Trim Video
Not a bad beginner’s video on YouTube about how to watch and trim your sails, both downwind and upwind.
Checklists – Part 2
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