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🎧Getting Prescriptions While Cruising

Published on May 19, 2017; last updated on January 4, 2025 by Carolyn Shearlock

How to get the prescription medicines you need as you travel from place to place. Don't worry -- it can be done.

How to get the prescription medicines you need as you travel from place to place. Don’t worry — it can be done.

Bottom Cleaning Tools

Published on May 17, 2017; last updated on January 16, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Planning to clean the bottom of your boat yourself? A complete list of the tools you need for bottom cleaning.

Mistakes Happen

Published on May 15, 2017; last updated on June 12, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

Yes, mistakes will happen. But happens next?

Yes, mistakes will happen. But happens next?

🎧 Emergency Gear In Case of a Holing

Published on May 12, 2017; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

If your boat is holed, you have just minutes to save it -- but it CAN be saved. Four items we carry just in case . . .

If your boat is holed, you have just minutes to save it — but it CAN be saved. Four items we carry just in case . . .

The Photo That Saved Us $120

Published on May 10, 2017; last updated on February 12, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

We like having a photo record of our travels . . . but our camera is paying for itself, too. If you can find a part number, you may not be locked into buying a proprietary part!

Hiring a Diver to Clean Your Boat’s Bottom

Published on May 8, 2017; last updated on June 12, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

Wondering how you'll keep the bottom of your boat clean of growth as you cruise? Info and tips on hiring a dive service to do it for you.

Wondering how you’ll keep the bottom of your boat clean of growth as you cruise? Info and tips on hiring a dive service to do it for you.

🎧Is It the Refrigerator — or Bad Batteries?

Published on May 5, 2017; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Your refrigerator isn't cooling and you've checked everything you can on it. Don't give up -- there's another possibility!

Your refrigerator isn’t cooling and you’ve checked everything you can on it. Don’t give up — there’s another possibility!

Nail Care Tools

Published on May 3, 2017; last updated on January 12, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Sick and tired of rusting nail clippers and moldy emery boards. Me too! So I found better ones . . . that are still affordable.

Sick and tired of rusting nail clippers and moldy emery boards. Me too! So I found better ones . . . that are still affordable.

Capt. Tolley’s Penetrating Sealant

Published on May 1, 2017; last updated on June 10, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

Got hairline cracks and want a fast and easy way to stop them from leaking? Capt. Tolley's is your answer.

Got hairline cracks and want a fast and easy way to stop them from leaking? Capt. Tolley’s is your answer.

Lighting a Propane Stove

Published on April 25, 2017; last updated on June 11, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

How to light a boat or RV propane stove and how the safety mechanisms work. If you're having problems getting yours to light, read this!

How to light a boat or RV propane stove and how the safety mechanisms work. If you’re having problems getting yours to light, read this!

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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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