Proceeds from Selling our Boat
This is the last post of our little financial journey through the ownership of our 2015 Leopard 44, LOW FLITE. In previous posts we looked at how to pay for the … Continue Reading
Category: Government
Purchase Price and Admin Costs for Buying our Boat
In our previous post, we looked at “how” we decided to pay for the boat. In this post we’ll cover “what” we paid, and we’ll try and cover all the … Continue Reading
Boat Names
One of the items our paperwork guy reminded us of was the rather important fact that we need to choose a boat name. Transport Canada has a website where you … Continue Reading
Miami to Beef Island BVI
We’re here! Our final travel leg was from Miami to Beef Island BVI, via San Juan PR. We wanted to fly directly to The BVI to avoid dealing with ferries between USVI and Tortola, … Continue Reading
Help put Pizza Pi back in Christmas Cove
Christa and I came across this unique business our first night out of Red Hook, USVI during our charter last year. You can read about their story on their website: … Continue Reading
Caribbean Yacht Security
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
Coast Guard approves official electronic charts
Interesting news. I’ve had more than one person tell me that electronic charts had been officially allowed for years. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard published guidance Feb. 5 that … 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
Symbols and Abbreviations Used on Admiralty Paper Charts
Here was a semi-costly lesson that hopefully will help you avoid the same mistake. When we went on our Day Skipper Course, we weren’t smart enough to take anything with … Continue Reading
Float Plan
We have heard about these so-called Float Plans during our training, but no one we have encountered so far seems to use them. With John’s aviation background, it is an … Continue Reading
The CPS Boating Resource
Here’s a bit of a shout out to the Canada Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS) that we have been doing some courses with. We stumbled across another resource they have that … Continue Reading
Another Course Out Of The Way
I got one more course out of the way, The Maritime Radio Course, again through the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS). As with most CPS courses you can complete The Maritime … Continue Reading
PCOC
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
Officially Allowed to Operate a Boat
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