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Category: Passage Making

80° North: Sailing On Top Of The World

  • By admin
  • December 12, 2020
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80° North: Sailing On Top Of The World is a great addition to your sailing movies library. It’s a new mini-series from SV Delos and 59 North that covers their … Continue Reading

Weather Resources

  • By John Casey
  • March 14, 2019
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Recently we had a great sailing adventure to The Bahamas with friends that own a Leopard 45 catamaran. We will be forever grateful to them for getting us out of … 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

Sailing Log Template

  • By John Casey
  • March 15, 2018
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Some time before we moved aboard, I got ambitious and created a sailing log template on Adobe with ideas I got from a number of sources online. Our plan was … Continue Reading

Crossing the Gulf Stream

  • By John Casey
  • March 9, 2018
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One of the barriers that keeps a lot of people from boating to The Bahamas is the requirement to cross The Gulf Stream. This barrier is both a mental one, … Continue Reading

Visiting Black Point

  • By John Casey
  • February 24, 2018
  • 6 Comments

We prepared to leave Little Farmer’s Cay shortly after sunrise. As we aren’t really on any schedule, we hadn’t started this early in a while, but we wanted to continue … Continue Reading

New Year…New Adventures

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 10, 2018
  • 1 Comment

On New Year’s eve we anchored in the Hawksbill Cay Northern Anchorage en route to Georgetown and had a lovely potluck with our boating buddies. Even though it was New … Continue Reading

Crossing To The Bahamas

  • By John Casey
  • December 23, 2017
  • 5 Comments

We left from the Lake Worth anchorage just outside of Palm Beach with 2 other Leopard ctamarans. We got up at three in the morning for planned departure and anchor … Continue Reading

The Mythical Sunset Green Flash

  • By John Casey
  • December 26, 2016
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You can see from my Instagram Profile that we like to try and capture dramatic sunset and sunrise pictures while we’re traveling around. Some of the folks we follow, Mike … Continue Reading

Anegada to Leverick Bay

  • By Christa Greer
  • December 18, 2016
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With strong winds forecast to increase, we had a quick breakfast at our Anegada mooring then set sail for Leverick Bay while the going was still manageable. Jeff & I watched intently … Continue Reading

How to Find Happiness

  • By Christa Greer
  • November 1, 2016
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Happiness Slide

Sailing Across the Atlantic

  • By John Casey
  • April 5, 2016
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I can’t remember where I first saw Sailing Across the Atlantic and downloaded it, but it is on YouTube at the Free Documentary page in 5 parts. I hate it … Continue Reading

Sailing the South Pacific

  • By John Casey
  • March 5, 2016
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Sailing the South Pacific is a video from 1993 (I think) from Bob Bitchin’ that looks like it has been converted from VHS and uploaded to YouTube…with associated video and … 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

Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat

  • By John Casey
  • February 19, 2016
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Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat is a short documentary about David Welsford from Halifax Nova Scotia, who has given up the luxuries of land in search … Continue Reading

Coast Guard approves official electronic charts

  • By John Casey
  • February 9, 2016
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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

Avred Fuchs Sails the North Atlantic Greenland to Germany

  • By John Casey
  • February 7, 2016
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Avred Fuchs Sails the North Atlantic Greenland to Germany  looks to be a great documentary. I have only found Part 1 and Part 5 of the five part series online. … Continue Reading

I learned something new already this morning! | Zero to Cruising!

  • By John Casey
  • January 30, 2016
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We subscribe to the blog zerotocruising.com from fellow Canadians Mike and Rebbecca Sweeney. In today’s newsletter their article was I learned something new already this morning!  It was about a … Continue Reading

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