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Liveaboard Golden Glow Antares 44i

Happy Birthday Rand!

February 10, 2015 // 2 Comments

I cooked both birthday cakes in our titanium pots on the stove, including the carrot layer cake, and to my relief, they turned out well…here I am melting butter for the chocolate truffle cake the kids quickly made a lego playspace inside the shelter of the cockpit’s enclosure I lit [read more]

Sleeping Aboard – Beds & Berths

January 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

)ur berth on Golden Glow – delightfully comfortable! That’s a patch of brilliant sunshine from the open hatch above casting the white square on the duvet. We also added a mattress topper for greater comfort and so Rand’s super-long legs don’t hit the wood rail at the bottom [read more]

Curing the Common Cold..Naturally

January 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

crush the ingredients before putting in the pot Yes, even in the tropics, you can catch a cold. When it comes to medical care, cruisers have to be more self-reliant than when we lived on land and could run off to a nearby doctor or a pharmacy.  On Golden Glow, we’re fans of prevention and [read more]

Cruising Currencies

January 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Euro traded below 115 to the US dollar today. I can’t wait to get back to Golden Glow after my week back in the States because it’s in the French side of St Martin, where everything is paid for in Euros or US Dollars. You can bet I won’t be paying for anything in dollars! Last [read more]

Dengue Fever – Sorry to be the Bearer of Bad News

January 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

I don’t like mosquitoes. It’s one of the reasons I loved living in Southern California, especially after paying my mosquito-dues living in places where they seemed as big as Buicks, like Minnesota and even Connecticut. This mosquito hat with net is what I wear gardening for instance. It [read more]

Choosing Our Kayak

January 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Rand and I had our first kiss way-back-when on a kayak, so you can imagine that having a kayak on board Golden Glow is a given…but what kind?  Which type best balances weight and space considerations with performance, versatility and price? Rand’s kayak is a hard rotomolded plastic, [read more]

Out with the Old & In with the New – Helm Seat

December 21, 2014 // 2 Comments

Our helm seat is one of the most important places on our boat. It’s where we steer and navigate from, and where we spend much of our time on watches. A helm seat should be functional and comfortable, and ours is.  When I’m on watch, I set the seat up with comfy pillows, a soft throw, [read more]

Pest Control

December 20, 2014 // 2 Comments

While we are so lucky to not have pests on the boat, we came back to deer and some ground pest in our rose garden: uh oh.  So we are on the attack this week to try to curb the destruction.  The gophers are easy; we found these solar sonic devices that have done amazing things in curbing them in [read more]

Bearing Gifts

November 20, 2014 // 2 Comments

As we sail around the world, we will be the guests of the people of many nations, large and small. When we visit more remote areas, the people who live there may not have access to many of the things we take for granted living in the USA. We’d like to bring gifts with us on Golden Glow that [read more]
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