Outback Water Filtration – Part 1
The water source at our house is from a well. It had some of the best tasting water we have experienced until we discovered the high mineral content that was … Continue Reading
Category: Safety
Weather Resources
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
Purchases Beyond Boat Yard Work
In our last post, we covered our plan and budget vs reality for our boat yard work. In this post we’re looking at the surprising number of items that we ended … Continue Reading
WiFi and Lizards in the Exumas
As we headed north from Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, our next stop was Normans Cay where notorious drug smuggler, Carlos Lehder, built an ambitious operation in the early … Continue Reading
Crossing the Gulf Stream
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
Anchor Gear
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
What About “Bad Weather” in The Bahamas
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
Why You Listen To Port Authorities And Weather Warnings
I’m sure we’ll make a stupid mistake or 3, but what were these knuckleheads thinking?!
Uninvited Guest
The crabs around here can be pretty funny trying to defend their turf. Remember those crabs from Nemo? Christa came across this guy doing his best to scare her away … Continue Reading
Life Raft Location
We hadn’t given much thought to Life Rafts and whether we wanted one prior to buying the boat. Most boats do come with them, but most we came across are … Continue Reading
Sailing Lessons
I needed to brush up on my sailing skills to be comfortable handling the boat by myself, specifically not taught by John (to save the marriage) so John arranged 4 … Continue Reading
Track Our Location
One of our little toys arrived yesterday, a Garmin inReach. Compact and water resistant, it has a number of features that we like. 100% global iridium satellite coverage enables 2-way text … Continue Reading
Tropical Storm Philippe
Hurricane season in this part of the world is defined by most organizations (read: insurance companies) as running from 1 June to 1 November. The first boat we looked at … Continue Reading
Tropical Weather
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
USPS: Boating safety tools now online
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
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Here’s another great article from gCaptain. For the most part they tend to be about the general shipping industry, but every once in a while their newsletter has a great … 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
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
I learned something new already this morning! | Zero to Cruising!
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