Ah, the freedom of cruising! No commute, no schedule, no phone ringing… WAIT A MINUTE THERE. Phones? We gave our cell phones up when we took off in 2008 for a blue horizon. But the world changed and they crept back in a few years later, and are now indispensable travelers tools.
39 Irish Laser Masters will join the 303 boats fleet and compete in the biggest sailing event in Ireland this summer.
Deloitte has been confirmed as a new sponsor of the Flying Fifteen Championships of Ireland 2018, hosted by the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire from 28th to 30th September (NOR to be published...
Job one before embarking on this summer’s cruise was to clean up Lunacy’s bottom a bit. I waited until too late to ask if my home yard, Maine Yacht Center, could arrange to have a diver do it, so ended up having to do it myself.
Nebo’s view of the eastern U.S. Th boat named “My Boat” isn’t my boat.
Own Your Own Crewed Yacht Sooner Than You Think
More crewed yacht ownership options are available than ever before. For example, Dream Yacht, Moorings or Paradise Yachts' crewed yacht programs...
As you have no doubt noticed, the cartography I use in most of my posts is by Navionics. We navigate with Coastal Explorer on our PCs and use a Navionics + chip in our chart plotter and a Navionics US & Canada HD app on our iPhones and iPads.
The following comments may be common sense to cruisers . If the trip down the ICW is your first long trip with many stops at a variety of new to you marinas, here are some thoughts on fenders and fendering for you to consider.
The USCG recently issued a Safety Alert about how LED lighting near VHF antennas can cause poor reception on attached radios, which of course includes AIS and DSC reception along with regular marine VHF audio channels.
#241. Longtime friend of the podcast and ISBJORN’S racing skipper Paul Exner speaks to Andy from opposite sides of the world to talk about living through Hurricane Irma, sailing Solstice to Hawaii, relocating his family...
Dear Virtual Voyagers,
The launch of the Figure 8 Voyage 2.0 is fast approaching, and Mo and I are busy at getting ready. A new round of provisions fills a corner of the living room, new bottom paint has been lovingly applied, and the sails are in the shop for inspection and repair.
Last week we crossed into our eleventh year of cruising aboard Totem. Except we aren’t aboard Totem right now, and this summer has taken a different trajectory than planned. (Pictured today in Portland...