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🎧 Jury-Rig Your Rigging

Published on October 14, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

A rigging failure is one of the scariest things that can happen on an offshore passage. Techniques for getting yourself to safety without outside assistance.

Quick & Easy Linguine and Scallops Recipe

Published on October 13, 2018; last updated on January 15, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Try this quick and easy way to make tender scallops with pasta. Skip the Parmesan and it's even dairy free!

Try this quick and easy way to make tender scallops with pasta. Leave out the Parmesan and it’s dairy free!

🎧Downsizing to Move Aboard

Published on October 12, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

How to get started on that monstrous job of downsizing. A roadmap of the things you need to do to reach a minimalist life.

🎧Making the Bed on Board

Published on October 9, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Nica Waters

A v-berth is a great place to sleep. Making the bed up there look lovely is a whole other story

Fit After Forty On A Sailboat

Published on October 8, 2018; last updated on June 29, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock/Christine Pereira

Can you stay fit on a sailboat? Yes. And here's how.

Can you stay fit on a sailboat? Absolutely! Here’s how.

Beef & Banana Curry

Published on October 6, 2018; last updated on January 15, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Beef & Banana Curry is sweet, delicious, and totally boat friendly.

Sweet, savory, totally delicious and very boat-friendly (as long as you don’t object to bananas on board). A great make-ahead meal!

🎧Boat Maintenance and the Black Box

Published on October 5, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

The best tip for staying out of trouble . . . keep your black box filled up! Learn more about it here and specific things you can do to avoid trouble when motoring.

🎧When Life Gets in The Way

Published on October 2, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Nica Waters

Summer seems endless. Except when every weekend is filled to the brim of everything BUT boat projects! Is this okay or not?

Travel Time

Published on October 1, 2018; last updated on June 12, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

Travels by boat are so much more uncertain than travels by land. We think we understand that and allow for it, but any cruiser’s first trip seems to be filled with surprises about just how long it takes.

🎧Magic in Choosing a Better Anchorage

Published on September 30, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

A planned anchored just won’t work in the condtions, and it’s pretty disappointing. But maybe the alternate will be even better!

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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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