Hold Fast
I came across this documentary (which the author calls a videozine) on YouTube that was made by a group that calls themselves the Anarchist Yacht Clubb. It won’t be for … Continue Reading
Nova Scotia Cruise
Here’s a great article off SailFeed about cruising in Canada, specifically in Nova Scotia. NOVA SCOTIA CRUISE: Fog With Everything Posted by Charles Doane // July 29, 2014 // I am … Continue Reading
30 tips for crossing the Atlantic: 11 – 15
This is the third part of a five part article. For Part 2… Mon, 23 Nov 2009 Yachting World Insider’s suggestions to make the big adventure go smoothly. Collated by … Continue Reading
Maidentrip
Netflix suggestions are working out pretty well for us. We just watched another sailing themed documentary called Maidentrip. It’s about a 14 year old Dutch girl that sailed solo around … Continue Reading
B.C.’s Eric Holden skippers winning Clipper Race yacht
We first red about Eric Holden’s insurmountable lead here, and now it’s official! B.C.’s Eric Holden skippers winning Clipper Race yacht 5 Canadians part of crew that won the 2013-14 … Continue Reading
30 tips for crossing the Atlantic: 6 – 10
This is the second part of a five part article. For Part 1… Mon, 23 Nov 2009 Yachting World Insider’s suggestions to make the big adventure go smoothly. Collated by … Continue Reading
Ocean Sailing Rules: The Salty Dawg Incident of 2013
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
Ready to Set Sail
This week I finished the Sail course through CPS. I spent a lot of time reading through the material (yes, much longer than John took), so I felt pretty confident … Continue Reading
Symbols and Abbreviations Used on Admiralty Paper Charts
Here was a semi-costly lesson that hopefully will help you avoid the same mistake. When we went on our Day Skipper Course, we weren’t smart enough to take anything with … Continue Reading
30 tips for crossing the Atlantic: 1 – 5
In looking for checklists and how to prepare for sailing, we came across this series of articles from Yachting World. While we no Atlantic Crossing in our future, the planning equally … Continue Reading
Sailing the Great Escape- ¡QuéBárbara!
I just finished another book, Sailing the Great Escape- ¡QuéBárbara! Whereas the previous book I read, Bumfuzzle, was a fairly comprehensive chronological accounting of a couples circumnavigation, this book was written more … Continue Reading
RYA Membership Package
Our Royal Yachting Association (RYA) membership pack arrived the other day. We joined with a Family Membership, which is for two adults and any number of children under the age of 18 … Continue Reading
Distant Shores Season 10
We just got through the last Season 9 episode of Distant Shores, which is an adventure tourism television series produced by Shard Multimedia Inc. Paul and Sheryl are fellow Canadians … Continue Reading
Float Plan
We have heard about these so-called Float Plans during our training, but no one we have encountered so far seems to use them. With John’s aviation background, it is an … Continue Reading
Go Canada!
OK, so we’re not in the World Cup, but we do have this going for us… Canadian Eric Holden set to win round-the-world yachting race Boasting an insurmountable lead in … Continue Reading
Points Of Sail
During our day Day Skipper Course in Malta, Christa was having trouble remember her points of sail. I thought of this when I came across a useful/funny little picture explaining them quite … Continue Reading
Crossing the Atlantic on a Catamaran with the ARC
We are big catamaran fans, so we really liked this article from Sail Magazine Crossing the Atlantic on a Catamaran with the ARC By Meredith Laitos When cruising sailors talk … Continue Reading
A Subscriber!
I checked the site today, and lo and behold, our first real subscriber! I’ll keep the name private to avoid too much embarrassment at being associated with our noble effort … Continue Reading
Knots
We have a couple books on knots listed on our site, and occasionally we pull out a couple lengths of line to practice, but as we don’t yet own our … Continue Reading
New Painting
In an attempt to class up the house a bit…and we need lots of help in that department, we wanted to get a painting or print to put on the … Continue Reading