Digging into why you bring your own drinks when invited to someone else’s boat
🎧Shakedown Success!
Testing the systems was a great excuse to go sailing.
🎧We LOVE Newport!
3 reasons we really, really loved Newport. It’s more cruiser-friendly than we’d expected!
🎧 Transiting NYC During a UN Session
Our panic on hearing that the entire East River is closed to navigation during a UN session mellowed out when we realized that was a slight exaggeration.
🎧Love Letter to New England Cruising
We thought getting to Maine was the only way to enjoy New England. We were so wrong!
🎧Homemade Propane Box
Details of building our custom propane box, to fit perfectly on Calypso’s deck
🎧Freedom from Overwhelm
We went cruising to slow down. Why, then, were we so bent on rushing past all the cool places nobody told us about?
🎧(Re)Learning Weather Lessons
It’s easy to try to read what you want to in a weather forecast. It’s better not to.
🎧Registering an EPIRB
When we realized we needed confirmation from the former owners to be able to register the new-to-us EPIRB, we thought we’d be out of luck. We were wrong.
🎧Get Her Seaworthy!
A description of what projects needed to be done before we could head off – and why those were critical