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Arriving New York City

August 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

Curious whether 25 free spins on registration are the real deal or just a hook? This 2026 guide gives you an honest assessment, separating genuine value from empty promises and helping you spot the offers that are actually worth your time. For players who prefer to keep their gambling budget [read more]

Storm Un-Chasing

July 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

You’ve heard of storm chasing. Well, we’re storm un-chasing. They say the most dangerous thing in sailing is having a timetable. If you “have” to be somewhere by a certain time, you may go in conditions that are not safe. Bad weather, lightning, thunderstorms, high seas are [read more]

Making Peach Preserves to Bring Eternal Summer onto Golden Glow

June 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

Eat peaches now, or turn them into peach preserves to bring sweet summer memories to wintertime on the boat?   (reminds me of Philip Zimbardo’s experiment about the benefits of deferring gratification). we grow our yellow peach trees organically (the netting keeps the birds off the ripe [read more]

Words of Warning on Rigging / Up-the-Mast Surveys

June 13, 2014 // 1 Comment

One thing we discovered interviewing surveyors to inspect the Antares catamaran we were thinking of buying was how few still go up the mast. And how can you buy a boat without knowing the condition of your rigging!?!      Jonathan Sands in South Florida is one surveyor who still goes up the [read more]

Beautiful Classic Hinckley Boats

June 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

The craftsmanship of the venerable Hinkley Yachts company is legendary.  One of the benefits of hauling out at Hinckley’s Marina in Stuart, Florida was the chance to view these beautiful classic boats up [read more]

What is the Size of your Boat Footprint?

June 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

We were out to dinner last night in Palm Beach with two other liveaboard sailors, Jason and Gail, who had recently sailed their catamaran from South America to Florida. They had a few sailing friends join them at various points along the way, including one, named Salwa, whom we know also. Jason [read more]

Earth: A Dynamic, Visualization of Global Wind and Ocean Currents

May 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

Have you checked out earth, a useful and beautiful pictorial tool for seeing wind and ocean currents, worldwide?  http://earth.nullschool.net/ We are charting a course to sail from Florida up the eastern seaboard of the USA. Carmen Beccario‘s Earth is an excellent tool for assessing weather, [read more]
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