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 Inspection & Survey…what we learned
We just returned from The BVI after completing a boat survey and purchase inspection – a first for us. Although we’ve been to The BVI a couple times, this is … Continue Reading
Boat Purchase – Offer Accepted!
We just heard from our Broker at 1044 this morning that our offer was accepted on a boat. So…this is no longer a theoretical exercise. Once an offer is accepted … 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
(Additional) Costs of Buying a Boat
When buying a boat, you soon come to realize that the purchase price is only a portion of the actual cost. We also have to budget for the little additional … Continue Reading
Boat Purchase – Using A Broker
Since we have lived in many many (many) places, we are quite comfortable using a realtor for renting and purchasing a home. This is, however, our first time buying a … 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
John’s Last Day at Work!
John’s last official day at work was today, so he celebrated by preparing us a high-end exotic feast to celebrate. At least the beer was German to compensate…
Black Pearl is For Sale
The first catamaran we chartered, a Lagoon 440 called “Black Pearl” is for sale. We’re not sure how we feel about that. It had a great layout, a flybridge hardtop, … Continue Reading
“Amazing record-high 62-foot wave recorded off Irish coast”…or…”So You Want To Go Sailing?”
The towering 62-foot high wave, the largest in the world, was registered by a buoy in the North Atlantic between the north coast and Iceland, the Irish Independent reports. The … Continue Reading
Back to Work!
Wow some things happen in a hurry! When we decided that John was definitely going to retire this year, I contacted my employer to tell them we would be returning … Continue Reading
JOHN IS RETIRING!
After debating when the right time was for John to retire for perhaps the past 3 years, he just put in the memo today! We had talked about it in … Continue Reading
How to Quit Your Job and Live on a Boat
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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
Earth Pak Waterproof Dry Bag – Roll Top Dry Compression Sack
While our North Face Men’s Base Camp Duffel is our favourite purchase for our most recent charter, the Earth Pak Dry Bags are definitely a close second. Dry bags have … Continue Reading