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Nica Waters

🎧 No Foreign Land – A Great Resource for Cruisers

Published on May 31, 2025; last updated on May 22, 2025 by Nica Waters

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We’ve found the No Foreign Land app a vital source of practical information in new anchorages. Here’s what we love about it.

🎧How (and Why) to Catch Rainwater from your Boat

Published on May 17, 2025; last updated on May 13, 2025 by Nica Waters

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How to catch rainwater from your boat. And why you should, even if you have regular access to water elsewhere.

🎧Laundry in a Bucket When You Live on a Boat

Published on May 3, 2025; last updated on April 27, 2025 by Nica Waters

Laundry in a bucket? Yep, it doesn’t have to be awful. If you follow these steps and use one handy, and unusual, tool.

🎧Nica’s Pacific Passage

Published on April 19, 2025; last updated on April 14, 2025 by Nica Waters

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Pacific Passage Highlights from Calypso’s journey to French Polynesia. Even the simplest things become epic underway.

🎧 How to Provision for a Long Passage in an Unfamiliar Place

Published on April 5, 2025; last updated on March 30, 2025 by Nica Waters

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Do you know how to provision for a Long passage? How about from an unfamiliar location. Here are my best tips.

🎧How to Feed the Crew for a Panama Canal Transit

Published on March 22, 2025; last updated on April 1, 2025 by Nica Waters

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Wondering how to feed the crew for a Panama Canal transit? We have all the tips you need and specifics you won’t find anywhere else.

🎧Enter the Discomfort Zone (when moving onto a boat and cruising)

Published on March 8, 2025; last updated on March 2, 2025 by Nica Waters

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Moving onto a boat and starting to cruise has a steep learning curve. But Nica and Carolyn have some advice to make it more manageable.

🎧 Transiting the Panama Canal on a Small Boat

Published on February 22, 2025; last updated on February 16, 2025 by Nica Waters

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Transiting the Panama Canal on a small boat takes planning, paperwork, and money. Learn the specifics from one cruisers who did it on her sailboat.

🎧How to Balance Fun with Boat Work

Published on February 8, 2025; last updated on February 2, 2025 by Nica Waters

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Trying to figure out how to balance fun with boat work? Two experienced cruisers have just the tips you need.

🎧Learn More about Nica and Carolyn

Published on January 25, 2025; last updated on January 19, 2025 by Nica Waters

How did Nica and Carolyn start podcasting together? Learn a little more about our back story here.

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Carolyn Shearlock

Hi! I'm Carolyn Shearlock. My husband and I have been living on a boat and cruising over 17 years and 13,000 miles, first on a Tayana 37 monohull and then on a 34' Gemini catamaran. Along the way, we sold pretty much everything we owned (twice!), gained a great boat dog, had a bunch of wonderful times and some adventures . . . and learned a ton about what does and doesn't work!

      

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🎧 No Foreign Land – A Great Resource for Cruisers

May 31, 2025 By Nica Waters

We’ve found the No Foreign Land app a vital source of practical information in new anchorages. Here’s what we love about it.

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The Roam Device – Remote Boat Monitoring

May 31, 2025 By Carolyn Shearlock/John Herlig

Read the Roam Device review transcript to hear what John Herlig thought of this remote boat monitoring product.

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How to Survive Dirty Boat Projects

May 29, 2025 By Carolyn Shearlock

Wondering how to survive dirty boat projects? These tips will make you less miserable during even the worst boat jobs.

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