Nica Waters

🎧Building Cruising Skills In a Pandemic

Published on March 31, 2020; last updated on May 17, 2023 by Nica Waters

Lifestyle skills to prepare you for a totally different way of life, even if it’s one you were not prepared for.

Published on March 24, 2020; last updated on May 19, 2023 by Nica Waters

Friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable – with inventory that’s filled with items I need. It’s not just at my local hardware store!

Published on March 17, 2020; last updated on September 29, 2024 by Nica Waters

A lifetime disdain for the perceived exclusivity of nose-in-the-air clubs tumbles under the reality of experience.

Published on March 10, 2020; last updated on May 28, 2023 by Nica Waters

When budgetary concerns guide flexible thinking around what products to use on the boat, there are some surprising results.

Published on March 3, 2020; last updated on May 28, 2023 by Nica Waters

Heading back to Virginia from Vermont makes me think about what’s particularly joyous about the cruising lifestyle.

Published on February 21, 2020; last updated on May 23, 2023 by Nica Waters

When cruising friends come visit, the conversation reveals a life philosophy as well as takes us back and forward in time.

Published on February 18, 2020; last updated on May 28, 2023 by Nica Waters

Good tools are important. Good tools at a great price? Even better!

Published on February 11, 2020; last updated on May 28, 2023 by Nica Waters

When shaping a bulkhead involved a trip to storage, ladder shenanigans, and talk of engine covers.

Published on February 4, 2020; last updated on May 17, 2023 by Nica Waters

Lessons learned from the movie Maiden, about being a woman who sails and the importance of community.

Published on January 28, 2020; last updated on May 19, 2023 by Nica Waters

Lessons on using butyl tape learned from installing our bulkhead compass