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
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The North Face Duffel Bag- Our Favourite Purchase
Of the few purchases we made for our BVI charter this year, our favourite has been the The North Face Men’s Base Camp Duffel. We stumbled across it while searching … 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lagoon 42 – Miami Boat Show
One of the boats we were looking forward to seeing was the Lagoon 42. It seemed to be one of the most popular boats of the weekend for most other … Continue Reading
Bali 4.5 – Miami Boat Show
One of the first boats we came across after entering the show was the Bali 4.5. We’ve read a lot of the new Bali line, but had never seen one … Continue Reading
Maverick 440 – Miami Boat Show
The boat we were most intrigued with was the Maverick 440. We had read about them on various blogs and magazines, but had yet to see one (or the 400) … Continue Reading