6 Must have to cruise the Bahamas

After three seasons of cruising the Bahamas we’ve learnt a few tricks to make our sailing more enjoyable and to save some money. The first year we wished we knew what was harder to find…

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The Dominican Republic: To go or not to go?

The Dominican Republic (D.R.) was a place that we were indifferent to visiting by sailboat. Let’s say it was far down the “let’s go there list”. We heard and spoke with many other cruisers who…

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How to Afford the CRUISING Life

As soon as you hear cruising you tend to think of big yachts, cocktails, white sand beaches and assume it must be expensive. When we got out cruising we quickly realised that this was true…

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One Year of Boat Refitting- Not exactly what we expected

In October of last year we decided to haul our boat out of the water, thinking we would be back to sailing a few months later.  Well, it’s been more than a year and we…

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Princess Louisa Final

There are many places in this world that are highly overrated. Princess Louisa Inlet is not one of them. It is one of those places that is, almost impossibly, even more beautiful than people say…

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Living Aboard our Sailboat in the Carribean Heat and Humidity

As Canadians who have lived aboard our sailboat in Toronto for both a winter in -40 degrees Celsius and summer in the mid 30s, living conditions on anchor in the Carribean is certainly an adjustment…

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Fuel Filter Replacement & Fuel System Bleed

Does changing your own fuel filters sound like a little too much to handle?  This guide will walk you through replacing fuel filters and bleeding the fuel system of air on a diesel engine. Your…

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Boater’s Paradise 

If you live anywhere near the east coast of North America whether it’s Halifax to Florida and own a sailboat capable of ocean cruising, then you really need to make a trip to the Bahamas…

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How to SAVE water while Cruising

 If you are like many of us cruising in a saltwater environment who visit remote areas with no or limited fresh water and don’t have a watermaker, keep reading. Water is gold when sailing. When…

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When things go wrong

It seems that when things are going to go wrong, they always do so in the middle of an already stressful situation.  We had just spent two months in the Broughton Archipelago and were an…

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