Being prepared for offshore cruising not only means having gear to handle heavy weather, but also gaining confidence to face your first storm at sea.
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🎧Practicing Skills for Cruising
What can you do leading up to your cruising adventure to make the first year learning curve a little less daunting? Practice some non-sailing skills that you’ll be needing!
🎧Boating Friendships
Friendships formed on the water are special. Is it the people or the circumstances? Nica explores a few of the many amazing friendships formed by time on the water.
VertiGrille
Need more room on your way-too-small boat grill? The VertiGrille is like having a grill extender!
🎧Talking to Elena & Ryan of Sailing Kittiwake
Mike McDowell, formerly of Boat Radio, interviews Elena and Ryan from Sailing Kittiwake. Hear where they’ve been, how they fund it, and whether they recommend this lifestyle.
🎧Electric Galley Appliances
Is it really feasible to have electric appliances in your galley? In this episode of The Boat Galley Podcast, I look at the things you need to consider in deciding what’s right for you.
🎧What Type of Dinghy?
The one constant on a cruising boat is that you need a dinghy. What kind to get has all kinds of answers. Nica shares their thought process as over the years, the kind of dinghy they want has changed.
🎧Provisioning to Cross an Ocean
Blue water cruising is far more enjoyable if you have great food to enjoy along the way. Ensuring you buy the right provisions before you set sail is one more key to voyaging successfully.
🎧Catamaran or Monohull?
We’ve owned, lived aboard and cruised both a bluewater monohull and a small coastal cruising cat. So I’m often asked which is the better boat.
Finding the Perfect Boat
Planning to cruise? Looking for the perfect boat? Tips to help you find her.