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
Bareboat Charter Checklist
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
Another Caribbean Charter!
Even though work has not allowed us to quit and sail off into the sunset…just yet, it has allowed us to charter another big cat in the Caribbean again this … Continue Reading
Help put Pizza Pi back in Christmas Cove
Christa and I came across this unique business our first night out of Red Hook, USVI during our charter last year. You can read about their story on their website: … Continue Reading
Getting Rid of Our Stuff – Part 2
Similar to our first post here, we’ve had some pretty good luck selling our stuff since we moved to Colorado Springs. It really is surprising how much money you have locked-up … Continue Reading
Getting Rid of Our Stuff
Much has been written on other sailing blogs, and those associated with “smaller” living, about getting rid of your unnecessary stuff. Included in this is to first stop buying more … Continue Reading
Cruiser TV
This month’s Cruising Outpost Newsletter had a section devoted to an online show that has recently been created and sits on YouTube called Cruiser TV. Here’s the first episode uploaded … Continue Reading
Farewell Montgomery
We’ve left Montgomery AL, and are now living in Colorado Springs, CO. Admittedly from a geographic standpoint, this is not a tangible step closer to getting on a boat and … Continue Reading
EarthWindMap
EarthWindMap is a very cool website that gives you a visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers updated every three hours; ocean surface current estimates updated every five days; … Continue Reading
Ashley Book of Knots
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
Go Around Again – by Rich Groleau
Sailing around the world in a 60-foot sailboat, solo, non-stop, and without assistance – that’s the Vendee Globe, a yacht race that starts and finishes in Les Sables-d’Olonne, France. In … 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
Sailing Across the Atlantic
I can’t remember where I first saw Sailing Across the Atlantic and downloaded it, but it is on YouTube at the Free Documentary page in 5 parts. I hate it … Continue Reading
Best Boats 2016: Bali 4.3 Review – Sail Magazine
Leave it to Catana to come up with something new. This time, it’s a production 43ft catamaran that bears little resemblance to the company’s racy voyagers. They call the new … Continue Reading
Bali 4.5 – Miami Boat Show – Part 2
Part 1 here: Bali 4.5 – Miami Boat Show We had left our information with one of the people working the Bali 4.5 at the show. When we never heard … Continue Reading
Lagoon 42 – Miami Boat Show – Part 2
Part 1 is here: Lagoon 42 – Miami Boat Show The Lagoon 42 webpage has finally been updated with actual pictures instead of computer generated models. They’ve included a video tat … Continue Reading
Maverick 440 – Miami Boat Show – Part 2
Part 2 of our original post here: Maverick 440 – Miami Boat Show Rudi got back to me with some info and prices. I asked him about one that was … 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