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Category: Incident

(Even More) Boat Insurance

  • By admin
  • February 19, 2020
  • No Comments

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

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

  • By John Casey
  • November 8, 2018
  • 1 Comment

Nine Brits rescued after lightning strike sparks boat blaze off Thailand www.thesun.co.uk  

We Sold Our Boat!

  • By John Casey
  • September 19, 2018
  • 2 Comments

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

  • By John Casey
  • September 15, 2018
  • 4 Comments

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?

  • 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
  • 4 Comments

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
  • 7 Comments

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
  • No Comments

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

  • By Christa Greer
  • February 17, 2018
  • 3 Comments

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?

  • By John Casey
  • January 29, 2018
  • 2 Comments

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?”

  • By John Casey
  • June 15, 2017
  • No Comments

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

  • By John Casey
  • March 13, 2016
  • No Comments

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

  • By John Casey
  • February 26, 2016
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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

  • By John Casey
  • January 18, 2015
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 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

  • By John Casey
  • August 25, 2014
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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

  • By admin
  • July 26, 2014
  • No Comments

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

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