Twelve years in their circumnavigation, the authors offer their expert view of what products aboard their boat they can recommend, or not (published Fall, 2019) Fortunately, […]
What Worked, What Didn’t After Year 12
Navigation Systems for Cruisers
After a lightning strike, we had to replace all of our electronics-it was an eye opening task (published January/February 2018) A couple of years ago we […]
Stay in Touch
“Stay in Touch!” It’s a common enough term, but one that takes on many places and is important to many people (published November/December 2017) As […]
Solar Survival
Bright ideas to keep you going in any situation (published Nov/Dec 2017) Watching the drama unfold as hurricane after hurricane battered the Caribbean and Atlantic this […]
Essential Upgrades to an Offshore Cruising Boat
Preparation is the key to happy, safe cruising in a well fitted out cruising boat (published October 2017) When you are getting a boat ready for […]
Ten Years After
What Worked, What Didn’t (published October 2017) After 10 years of cruising, we aren’t going home any time soon. We are on our way across the […]
What’s In Your Ditch Bag?
(published October 2017) Imagine that your worst nightmare has come true; a catastrophic equipment failure, irreparable damage due to a collision at sea or human error […]
Top Ten Items to Have Onboard
Not necessarily the “big ticket” items but items that have over the years the author has come to rely on (published September 2017) I’ve delivered countless […]
Learn Your Life Raft
(published April 2017) With sea boots and foul weather gear full of water, I stepped onto the bottom rung of the life raft’s boarding ladder and […]
Anchors for Cruisers
There are lots of choices but some pretty obvious answers, too (published April 2017) For cruising sailors who like to explore off the beaten path, anchors […]