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Check Safety Gear Before You Need It!
When a problem happens, it’s too late to do a safety check. Check these items on a regular basis to stay safe on your boat.
🎧Registering an EPIRB
When we realized we needed confirmation from the former owners to be able to register the new-to-us EPIRB, we thought we’d be out of luck. We were wrong.
Managing Surgery When You Live on a Boat
When liveaboards need surgery, there’s a lot to think about. Learn from our experience when Dave got his hip replaced.
🎧Get Her Seaworthy!
A description of what projects needed to be done before we could head off – and why those were critical
🎧Unexpectedly Essential Cruising Gear
A trip along the Connecticut Coast revealed the importance of having many fly swatters aboard!
Routing Long Passages with Fast Seas
How do you plan your route for a long passage? It’s easy with a nifty app called Fast Seas.
🎧Document? State Title? Which Do I Need?
Details about the differences between documentation and registration, and why you might choose to title your boat one way or another.
Rules of Cruising – Plan or Stay Flexible?
A cardinal rule of cruising is to stay flexible. But you also have to plan. How do you balance them both?
🎧Last Frantic Push
No matter how well prepared you think you are, it always comes down to the wire when you’re getting ready to splash!