Trip to the North of Long Island
We rented a car for 24 hours to explore Long Island with our friends and spent the first afternoon touring the south so the next morning we headed north. Conveniently, … Continue Reading
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Trip to the South of Long Island
We planned a day adventure with our boating buddies to visit the south end of Long Island with a rental car. The narrow island is about 80 miles long and … Continue Reading
Marine Traffic App
One of the many systems we have on board is something called an Automatic Identification System (AIS). It provides a wireless information network between vessels and/or shore stations transmitted over … 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
Quick USA Eyelid LED Lights
Anyone that has these little courtesy doorway/stairwell LEDs probably like them as much as we do. Low amperage, indirect light that helps prevent a spill in the middle of the … Continue Reading
Another Magazine – Charter Savvy
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
Grocery Run In Style
I’m now in rarefied company having borrowed The Wynns’ former toad to get some supplies. The (in)famous 2009 Smart ForTwo Brabus Convertible. It’s now a courtesy car with Just Catamarans, and I … Continue Reading
Who You Meet At The Dock
One of the many reasons we wanted to get into the cruising life was the inherent bouncing around (see what I did there?) from place to place, and the interesting … 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
Boat Names
One of the items our paperwork guy reminded us of was the rather important fact that we need to choose a boat name. Transport Canada has a website where you … Continue Reading
(More) Boat Insurance
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
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
Strictly Sail Miami
For the second year in a row we’re heading to Strictly Sail Miami! The South’s favorite all-sail boat show returns to Miami Marina at Bayside February 16-20, 2017! Browse … Continue Reading
Selling Our Stuff
Its been almost exactly six months since we posted about our decision to start deliberately unloading our stuff here, with a follow up post here. On top of the money … Continue Reading
The Cruising Guide To The Virgin Islands
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
What We Spent During Our Charter
Today I sat down to tally our receipts from our charter, which covered everything from provisioning before we left to buying drinks ashore. When all is said and done, it was a bit surprising … Continue Reading
Full Face Snorkel Masks
We have heard about full face snorkel masks for a while now, and since we were heading back to the BVI we were anxious to give them a try ourselves. … Continue Reading
The Mythical Sunset Green Flash
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
Seasickness – Trampolines and Melons
One of my favourite places to enjoy sailing is from the trampoline – the sound of the waves rushing over the hulls and the feeling of being so close to the … Continue Reading
Salt Island and Cooper Island
Our most challenging task of the day – figuring out how to use an old-school coffee percolator! The guys were avid coffee drinkers and after being up throughout the night to ensure … Continue Reading