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
Category: Reference
Fish ID Cards
Each time we went snorkeling or diving we would always say afterwards that we wished we had an ID card or book available to help identify the spectacular sea life that … Continue Reading
I learned something new already this morning! | Zero to Cruising!
We subscribe to the blog zerotocruising.com from fellow Canadians Mike and Rebbecca Sweeney. In today’s newsletter their article was I learned something new already this morning! It was about a … Continue Reading
COLREGS Mnemonic
People generally like using mnemonics to help us remember things. We are no exception. For example, when we were learning how to sail, our instructor Stephen from Sailing School Malta … Continue Reading
COLREGS – International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
Here’s an interesting vignette to help you consider a right-of way situation we found on The Log – California’s Boating & Fishing News. We frequently test each other when encountering another … Continue Reading
Knots
We’ve gone from being able to tie a bowline in the dark (or with our eyes closed) to having to look it up again! We have a couple of good books … Continue Reading
International Certificate of Competence (ICC)
We’ve all heard the stories of Credit Card Captains in the Caribbean. There is even a pretty good YouTube video here that amply demonstrates the issue. Essentially the problem is … Continue Reading
Tides
Living on the Med we don’t have to worry about tides, but having grown up just off the Bay of Fundy, they are always on our minds. In fact, we … Continue Reading
Checklists – Part 2
Now that we have a few miles under us, we have taken all the various checklists that we have come across and developed our own. We had a few templates/drafts … Continue Reading
Checklists
Coming from an aviation background, John was used to having a checklist for just about everything. He was interested in what he could find out there in a similar vein for sailing. … Continue Reading