Boats are moist even on the sunniest of days. They make a great incubator for all kinds of green and yellow, and blue growths. This is not just a problem in the summer but over a winter with fluctuating temperatures Read more…
If you are onboard for more than a day or two, you will find yourself with a bag of trash that needs to be stored while you begin to fill the next one. One temptation is to toss it in Read more…
You can tell when you are on the cusp of becoming a long-term cruiser when we deal with laundry. Anyone can pack for a week and then drag everything back home to the automatic washer and dryer. When you go Read more…
Something that often prevents people from really enjoying more than one or two nights aboard, is the comfort of the sleeping arrangements. Most production boats come with a 4 inch thick reasonably dense cushion. When new, this might be adequate Read more…
In commercial sailing, helming[i] the boat from outside went out many hundreds of years ago, yet we still design boats with outside steering stations and wonder why we get sunburned and soaked! If you look at experienced cruisers, you will Read more…