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Boat Hair: To Cut or Not to Cut?

Published on September 21, 2015; last updated on January 4, 2025 by Carolyn Shearlock

What's best if you're spending a lot of time on a boat? Long hair or short? I've had both (and in-between) and here's my assessment.

What’s best if you’re spending a lot of time on a boat? Long hair or short? I’ve had both (and in-between) and here’s my assessment.

How to Use a Shaker Siphon to Fuel Your Boat

Published on September 19, 2015; last updated on August 30, 2021 by Carolyn Shearlock

How to use a shaker siphon to transfer fuel or water from jerry cans to your boat. Stop straining your back with this super-easy system!

New Lifelines – Some Assembly Required

Published on September 18, 2015; last updated on June 12, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

Replacing our lifelines was so much easier than I ever expected. Here's how we did it.

Replacing our lifelines was so much easier than I ever expected. Here’s how we did it.

Semi DIY Stainless Tubing Projects

Published on September 16, 2015; last updated on June 12, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

Doing most of a stainless tubing project yourself can save a lot of money. This tip will give you the strength of welding, too.

Doing most of a stainless tubing project yourself can save a lot of money. This tip will give you the strength of welding, too.

Choosing Our Composting Toilet

Published on September 9, 2015; last updated on June 26, 2025 by Carolyn Shearlock

Why did we (A) choose a composting toilet and (B) choose the Nature's Head over others?

Why did we (A) choose a composting toilet and (B) choose the Nature’s Head over others?

Merlin’s Voyage

Published on September 4, 2015; last updated on February 27, 2025 by Carolyn Shearlock

Merlin’s Voyage can help your kids visualize exploring far-off places by boat, with lots of photos of what they might discover!

Communication Headsets

Published on September 2, 2015; last updated on May 30, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Have you ever wished there was a better way to communicate with each other or with multiple people while on your boat?

Seeing Overhead

Published on August 31, 2015; last updated on June 12, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

Working overhead can be trying if you wear bifocals and are attempting to do close work while looking through the distance portion of your glasses. Great reader tip!

Working overhead can be trying if you wear bifocals and are attempting to do close work while looking through the distance portion of your glasses. Great reader tip!

Putting Gloves On Easily

Published on August 28, 2015; last updated on June 12, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

A quick trick to make it lots easier to get work gloves on!

Why We DIY on the Boat

Published on August 26, 2015; last updated on June 12, 2020 by Carolyn Shearlock

Saving money is just one of the reasons we do most work on our boat ourselves. Learn the other reasons we prefer to do things ourselves.

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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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