(Even More) Boat Insurance
While we haven’t really been thinking about our sailing life, other than wanting to avoid the snow, I did receive a newsletter that brought me back to the fateful end … Continue Reading
Category: Incident
Don’t Tell Mother! or Look What Can Happen With Lightning
Nine Brits rescued after lightning strike sparks boat blaze off Thailand www.thesun.co.uk
We Sold Our Boat!
So there it is. We sold our boat. There are a lot of reasons why and we’ll get into them over the next little while. One reason was that we … Continue Reading
Lightning Strike Damage
The tally is now in for the lightning damage on our catamaran. This covers what was verified, repaired and/or replaced. I’ll include some prices to give some idea the scale … Continue Reading
We got hit by lightning – Now what?
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?
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
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 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
We Pull in to Emerald Bay Marina for Fuel…and then things got interesting
As we headed north from Georgetown along the Exumas, we thought it would be wise to take advantage of the fuel facilities at Emerald Bay Marina. We planned our arrival … Continue Reading
Mysteries of the deep?
A great story via RYA to help you sleep soundly during those stormy, rainy nights at anchor… Mysteries of the deep A tale of bulging eyes, tentacles and enormous jaws. … Continue Reading
“Amazing record-high 62-foot wave recorded off Irish coast”…or…”So You Want To Go Sailing?”
The towering 62-foot high wave, the largest in the world, was registered by a buoy in the North Atlantic between the north coast and Iceland, the Irish Independent reports. The … Continue Reading
Caribbean Safety and Security Net
CSSN – Caribbean Safety and Security Net – Know Before You Go This is a great site that we came across from a recent tweet from Noonsite.com. The Caribbean Safety … 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
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
Ode To Credit Card Captains
This is an entertaining/scary look at one of the many reasons why we don’t want to be this guy, and are taking some fairly involved sailing courses before releasing ourselves onto … Continue Reading
Ocean Sailing Rules: The Salty Dawg Incident of 2013
Here’s a fairly long but very informative article, via the Sailfeed site, about the trouble some people got in while participating on the 2013 Caribbean 1500 rally. Interesting perspective for … Continue Reading