by GWTAdmin | Jan 8, 2016 | cruising safety, navigating, Navionics chart plotting error, passagemaking, Tonga Vava'u
This “reality check” is what prompted myNov. 6, 2015 blog post.Yikes! Navigation Surprise…In Tonga’s Vava’u group we were startled when what showed simply as a “shallow spot” on our navigation chart plotter was in fact... by GWTAdmin | Jan 19, 2015 | boat maintenance and repair, Bocas del Toro Panama, cruiser destinations, cruising safety, dry tortugas, key west, sailing South Pacific
Beautiful fiery red sunset just outside the Dry Tortugas.That little black lump on the left side of the horizon is Fort Jefferson at the Dry Tortugas National Park.Never enter a tricky anchorage at night is one of our cardinal rules. It’s a basic... by GWTAdmin | Dec 15, 2014 | boat upgrades, cruising planning, cruising safety, emergency liferaft for cruising, Jacksonville FL, Revere Survival Products, sailing South Pacific, West Marine
Revere Offshore Commander Liferaft; the one we purchased.Emergency liferafts are painful maritime safety investments to purchase. You buy them and at the same time pray you will never ever need them. Add to that category boat towing service, EPIRBs,... by GWTAdmin | May 30, 2014 | cruising destinations, cruising safety, cruising transitions, free docks, Jacksonville FL, JAX Naval base Mulberry Cove Marina, liveaboard
This is where the intruder on our boat was standing.I was in between him and Wayne, whose legsyou can see in our v-berth bedroom.“Aren’t you afraid of pirates?”This is one of the top three questions cruiser-curious folks ask, along withAren’t you afraid of storms?How...