by GWTAdmin | Dec 18, 2014 | boat maintenance and repair, cruiser activities, cruiser destinations, cruising south pacific, florida wildlife, manatee pocket, pearson 365 sailboat, SCUBA gear, West Marine
Green Apple Produce, my favoriteperishable provisioning spotin Port Salerno.Why is the relatively little-known Manatee Pocket our favorite Florida anchorage?It’s cheap (free anchorage, albeit a bit on the shallow side).It’s quiet.It’s... 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 | Dec 12, 2014 | cruising preparation, cruising transitions, downsizing, Jacksonville FL, Jacksonville's NAS Mulberry Cove Marina, Ortega Landing Marina, pearson 365 sailboat, West Marine
Pandemonium. Part of the process ofstuffing a household’s worth of goodsfor 2 years into a 150 square footliving space.What does it take to transition back to cruising after five months of land-lubbing (aka “dirt dwelling”)? More than you’d expect, we... by GWTAdmin | Nov 7, 2014 | Beth Ann Leonard, cruising planning, Cruising World, Dana Grayson, Dana Greyson, Jimmy Cornell, pearson 365 sailboat, sailing, voyager's handbook the essential guide to blue water cruising, West Marine
One of the first “1,000 sunsets” my husbandpromised we’d share, cruising. This one’s in theCopeland Islands, Canada on a 26′ O’Daywe owned before our Pearson 365 sailboat.We co-owned it with another sailor, each... by GWTAdmin | Nov 2, 2014 | boat maintenance and repair, cruising preparation, Guardian SCUBA, Jacksonville FL, SCUBA lessons, SSI SCUBA, West Marine, West Marine Town Center Jacksonville
Dancing on the beach after our Hawaiian wedding;SCUBA was the next day.SCUBA lessons in near-freezing water with visibility so poor I could barely see my own hand. Tacoma Washington in February is not the most ideal place to get SCUBA certified. The... by GWTAdmin | Sep 21, 2014 | Bahamas wildlife, boat maintenance and repair, cruising life, cruising transitions, Jacksonville FL, live aboard, transportation, West Marine
Guadeloupe’s River Salleesunrise, my favoritecruising sunrise so far.In just two months, we’ll begin moving back aboard our boat. By December 1st, we will cease our land-lubbing life for a long, long time as we await that first good...