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How does school happen in this cruising lifestyle? The truth: it doesn’t.
How does school happen in this cruising lifestyle? The truth: it doesn’t.
Word seems to spead quickly in these parts, and every few minutes someone else would be brought in to see the people with three little girls off the sailboat everyone had seen anchored out.
It’s 8:00 am and already the heat is emanating around us like a fog.
Grocery shopping, while always something of a “chore,” is significantly more of a chore to the live-aboard cruiser.
Sea Fresh: To “cook” this fish, soak the chopped pieces in fresh lemon or lime juice. The fresh vegetables are long-lasting, and the capers are perfect in sauces, tartar sauce, salads, and fish recipes.
(Or…our evolution to “Sailor Trash”)
This simple tip will keep the spices on your boat from clumping.
We recently held a photo contest showcasing creative interior decorating—saloon style. Take a look at some of our favorite shots!
The Robertson family heads out on a challenging hike—warnings in the cruising guide be dammned!
The past two days have had us and our buddy boat, s/v Yolo, sailing into 20+ knot headwinds and bashing into very large seas for nine hours a stretch.
These are now the longest days of the year, and up here at 45 degrees north latitude, halfway from equator to pole, there’s daylight in plenty. A good thing, too, since we were trying to make good time east along the coast.
This was seafaring at it’s finest—rising wind, pea-soup fog, some horror called “Bear Rock” under our lee, and closing fast with a rock-bound shore using a chart drawn before the war of 1812.
How does school happen in this cruising lifestyle? The truth: it doesn’t.
Word seems to spead quickly in these parts, and every few minutes someone else would be brought in to see the people with three little girls off the sailboat everyone had seen anchored out.
It’s 8:00 am and already the heat is emanating around us like a fog.
Grocery shopping, while always something of a “chore,” is significantly more of a chore to the live-aboard cruiser.
Sea Fresh: To “cook” this fish, soak the chopped pieces in fresh lemon or lime juice. The fresh vegetables are long-lasting, and the capers are perfect in sauces, tartar sauce, salads, and fish recipes.
(Or…our evolution to “Sailor Trash”)
This simple tip will keep the spices on your boat from clumping.
We recently held a photo contest showcasing creative interior decorating—saloon style. Take a look at some of our favorite shots!
The Robertson family heads out on a challenging hike—warnings in the cruising guide be dammned!
The past two days have had us and our buddy boat, s/v Yolo, sailing into 20+ knot headwinds and bashing into very large seas for nine hours a stretch.
These are now the longest days of the year, and up here at 45 degrees north latitude, halfway from equator to pole, there’s daylight in plenty. A good thing, too, since we were trying to make good time east along the coast.
This was seafaring at it’s finest—rising wind, pea-soup fog, some horror called “Bear Rock” under our lee, and closing fast with a rock-bound shore using a chart drawn before the war of 1812.
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