Get Her On Board
Two days after finishing my latest book, I just finished another one by the same author, Get Her On Board by Nick O’Kelly. Advertised as a man’s guide to sharing The … Continue Reading
Our Stumble Into The Cruising Life
Two days after finishing my latest book, I just finished another one by the same author, Get Her On Board by Nick O’Kelly. Advertised as a man’s guide to sharing The … Continue Reading
I just finished another book called Live On The Margin by Patrick Schulte and Nick O’Kelly. Patrick has a blog (and book) called Bumfuzzle, and Nick wrote another book which … Continue Reading
Here’s an interesting article that we received via the Sail Magazine newletter that shows up periodically in our inbox: http://www.sailmagazine.com/cruising-news/no-boys-boat Sometimes information specifically for women can be in short supply … Continue Reading
As John would say, I finally got my Pleasure Craft Operating Course (PCOC) completed online through the CPS website. While it’s not required over here in Italy, it is required to … Continue Reading
Here is the latest bunch of books to arrive courtesy of Amazon a few days ago. We come across the titles through various means, with no one real trusted source. … Continue Reading
We recently found an interesting website called the World Cruising and Sailing Wiki. Here’s a description from the main page: “The World Cruising and Sailing Wiki (an online world … Continue Reading
I was away for work for a week so I took the opportunity to finish reading Two in a Boat since Christa had already read it herself. This book was not my … Continue Reading
All the planning and reading we have been doing is obviously necessary, but at some point we actually will need to spend some real time on a boat…together. While we feel … Continue Reading
I now have two more courses out of the way. They were both done as self study through the National Canada Power and Sail Squadrons office. The first one … Continue Reading
We have been slowly switching all our reading over to something related to cruising and/or sailing. We’ve been getting our selections mainly from other sailing/cruising blogs and the recommendations that … Continue Reading
This sail was a minor event in the grand scheme of things, but it was the first time we were sailing together, and it just happens to be in one of the … Continue Reading
I just finished my first book that I deliberately selected to cover what we may need to know towards our cruising lifestyle. Two in a Boat was written by Gwenyth Lewis, … Continue Reading
We’ve read a lot of websites and blogs about the living aboard, and a great many of them include information and suggestions about staying fit while living on a boat, … Continue Reading
While we have both been around boats our whole lives, neither one of us has ever obtained any official licences or certifications for operating a vessels on the water. Since … Continue Reading