Electric windlasses aren’t cheap and require attention to detail in their installation, but provide important safety benefits.
Working While Cruising
Working while cruising works — but the tradeoffs are real, and the time to think them through is before you go, not after.
Prepping for the Bahamas
Taking your boat to cruise the Bahamas? We have a general guide, a behind-the-scenes look at our prep, and other resources to help.
How to Get Your Prescriptions While Cruising
Worried your daily meds will derail your cruising plans? Here’s how liveaboards actually handle prescription refills, at home and abroad.
TeamO PFD with BackTow
Marine product: An inflatable PFD/harness with TeamO’s patented BackTow technology — the only system that keeps you face-up and breathing if you fall overboard while tethered. 170N (38 lb) buoyancy, integrated harness with crotch straps, sprayhood, water-activated light, and inspection window. Offshore model with ProSensor Elite firing head. UK-made.
Weather Basics For Boaters
Book: A practical, easy-to-understand guide to using weather apps like Windy and PredictWind to make confident go/no-go decisions on the water. Read past the overview, find the layers and data most boaters never see, and translate forecasts into what you’ll actually feel.
Maine and New England Cruising Guide
Cruising guide: Quick reference for New England from Cape Cod to Eastport, Maine — anchorages and mooring fields by protection direction, storm holes, free docks, fuel, propane, pumpouts, dog walking, bridges, inlets, and haulouts. Buzzards Bay, the Vineyard, Nantucket, Boston, Casco Bay, Penobscot Bay, MDI, and Down East in one book.
Florida Gulf Coast Cruising Guide
Cruising guide: Quick reference for the Florida Gulf Coast from Dry Tortugas to Mobile, AL — anchorages by protection direction, all bridges, inlets, free docks, fuel, propane, pumpouts, dog walking, and haulouts. SW Florida, Tampa Bay, the Big Bend, Forgotten Coast, Emerald Coast, and Mobile Bay in one book.
Chesapeake Bay Cruising Guide
Cruising guide: Quick reference for the Chesapeake Bay from Norfolk to the C&D Canal, both Eastern and Western Shores, all rivers including the Potomac to DC — anchorages by protection direction, bridges and ferries, free docks, fuel, water, pumpouts, groceries, and haulouts.
Florida Keys & Florida Loop Cruising Guide
The Boat Galley Florida Keys & Florida Loop Cruising Guide is the cockpit-friendly cruising guide covering the Florida Keys, SW Florida, and the Okeechobee Waterway — the entire Florida Loop (also called the South Florida Loop or Smuggler’s Run) in a single book. Organized by location in a north-to-south sequence (or by mile marker on […]