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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

Proceeds from Selling our Boat

  • By John Casey
  • February 17, 2019
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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

Purchase Price and Admin Costs for Buying our Boat

  • By John Casey
  • February 9, 2019
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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

What is a PADI Divemaster?

  • By John Casey
  • January 25, 2019
  • 2 Comments

What most people know about Divemasters is that they were the folks helping on the dive boat or guiding them on their last dive in some exotic place while on … Continue Reading

Catamaran Market Report – Q3 2018

  • By John Casey
  • October 4, 2018
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Since we just sold our boat, we were interested to find a 2018 Q3 market report on catamaran sales and we able to see where we fit in the overall … 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

Yanmar SD60 Sail Drive Service Manual and Parts Catalogue

  • By John Casey
  • March 2, 2018
  • 4 Comments

There is lots of information and manuals available online for SD50s, but the SD60 stuff seems hard to come by. For those out there that are having trouble finding these … Continue Reading

Anchor Gear

  • By John Casey
  • February 15, 2018
  • 2 Comments

One of the great things about living on a boat, is the ability to anchor just about anywhere you like without the need for infrastructure like a marina or mooring … Continue Reading

Weather Radar in The Bahamas via The Cuban Meteorological Institute

  • By John Casey
  • January 31, 2018
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We’ve been gunkholing around Long Island for the past few weeks, not venturing too far away since the weather has been unsettled. Even with internet access, one of the problems in … Continue Reading

Cool Galley Tricks

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 30, 2018
  • 2 Comments

Being new to the boating world, we have so many things to learn. One common problem for people who live aboard is how to keep fresh fruits and vegetables when … Continue Reading

What About “Bad Weather” in The Bahamas

  • By John Casey
  • January 28, 2018
  • 1 Comment

For the last few days we have been waiting for, and then sitting through, a stint of “bad weather” in Thompson Bay Long Island with about 25 other boats.  “Good … Continue Reading

Living on a boat isn’t all dolphins and mermaids

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 22, 2018
  • 3 Comments

Several people have recently commented that our life aboard Low Flite looks amazing…and it usually is. We experience fabulous sunsets, swim & snorkel off the back of our boat, hop … Continue Reading

Another Magazine – Charter Savvy

  • By John Casey
  • November 25, 2017
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Charter Savvy is a free online magazine and describes itself as, “filled to the brim with compelling stories and great photography of bareboat chartering worldwide, with insider tips on everything from … Continue Reading

Tropical Weather

  • By John Casey
  • September 4, 2017
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The topic-du-jour has been Hurricane Irma bearing down on the Caribbean and the continental United States. This means a delay on the next prospective boat’s survey and sea-trial as the marina … Continue Reading

(More) Boat Insurance

  • By John Casey
  • July 6, 2017
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The companies we’re communicating with are as follows: Dolphin Insurance Services (US) International Marine Insurance Services (US) The Pegasus Group (US) Offshore Risk Management (US) Cowan Insurance Group (CA) Pantaenius … Continue Reading

Boat Insurance

  • By John Casey
  • July 4, 2017
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Now that I’ve had my last official day of work on 30 June 2017, we continue to narrow down our potential boats, but the more pressing matter of how to … Continue Reading

The Cruising Guide To The Virgin Islands

  • By John Casey
  • January 7, 2017
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One of the more useful items that we had for our most recent charter was The Cruising Guide To The Virgin Islands. You can see in the picture all the … Continue Reading

USPS: Boating safety tools now online

  • By John Casey
  • November 5, 2016
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To promote safe boating, United States Power Squadrons has launched its new Digital Media Library online and as a free mobile app. A showcase and repository for digital media focused … Continue Reading

Bareboat Charter Checklist

  • By John Casey
  • October 29, 2016
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I tend to be a checklist guy, at least up to the point that an essential task is performed enough times to become routine or automatic BUT still have something … Continue Reading

Ashley Book of Knots

  • By John Casey
  • May 18, 2016
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The Ashley Book of Knots (41.1MB) is the bible when it comes to the subject. It is a beast of a book with over 600 pages and can be quite … Continue Reading

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