Volcanic Eruption and Shockwave in Papua New Guinea
We found this on Sailfeed.com. Amazing they caught it on video. “Holy smokin’ Toledos!”
Our Stumble Into The Cruising Life
We found this on Sailfeed.com. Amazing they caught it on video. “Holy smokin’ Toledos!”
I find the best way to judge a book is if I’d recommend it to someone else…well, it just happened, without me even thinking about it. I finished reading Living a … Continue Reading
This book is the sequel to Sailing the Great Escape – ¡QuéBárbara! that I read back in July. It’s also my first foray into the Kindle book realm. While the … Continue Reading
Here’s a pretty good 9(ish) minute video from Liz Clark, who has been sailing solo since 2006.
An even better video than the previous one explain why the sail reacts the way it does.
Not a bad beginner’s video on YouTube about how to watch and trim your sails, both downwind and upwind.
Even though we haven’t fully embraced the e-book phenomenon yet, there are plenty out there. Look at this ultimate list of FREE nautical themed e-books from manybooks.net. So far my … Continue Reading
While Christa is toiling away with her sailing courseware, I just finished another autobiographical account of a couple who quit their jobs and moved aboard their sailboat to go cruising. … Continue Reading
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
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
Woohoo! We found another free magazine online! Southwinds is a free, monthly Sailing magazine dedicated to Sailing and Cruising in Florida and The South. Monthly information, articles, resources, sailboat racing, … Continue Reading
We found another couple of magazines to add to our growing repository. It’s amazing how may of them are out there. Obviously there is no way we will have time … Continue Reading
This is an entertaining/scary look at one of the many reasons why we don’t want to be this guy, and are taking some fairly involved sailing courses before releasing ourselves onto … Continue Reading
Some pictures form our short stay in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia.
Here’s some pictures form our latest trip that started in Malta.
During our voyage, I picked up many pointers about sailing but the true “lessons learned” were things that will be transferable to other areas of life as well. 1 – Importance of crew … Continue Reading
So we sailed all the way from Valetta, Malta to Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia via Lampedusa, and back again. We achieved our RYA Coastal Skipper qualification in the process, which is … Continue Reading
It was already light out at 7am as we were approaching Comino Channel between Malta and Gozo, a much smaller island next to Malta’s main island. We anchored in famous Blue … Continue Reading
Most of the rest of the day was very uneventful. I was drained from the lack of sleep and form the events of that morning. I didn’t feel like reading … Continue Reading
The next morning we were roused at sunrise under cloudy skies. Winds were 18 knts with gusts to 20. Sylvie was now skipper and John & I were replacing her … Continue Reading