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🎧If You Give a Boat Some Bling
How replacing a thru hull led to buying a new toilet.
The Future of AToNs
New technology has brought many changes to navigation. Here’s how to make sense of AIS aids to navigation before you get into trouble.
🎧Boat Projects at Home, May 2020
Pandemic-induced isolation was good for new boat projects.
🎧Plan Crystallization
We thought we had Thanksgiving plans. The surge in virus cases thought otherwise.
🎧5 Steps to Replacing Thru Hulls
We recently replaced all our thru hulls – and share the details of how to do it!
Real and Virtual AIS Aids To Navigation
What does it mean when you see an ATON on your chart that you can’t see with your eyes? Captain John explains.
🎧Dealing With Time Warp
Without a job to force you to pay attention to the calendar, it can be hard to keep track. Here are a couple of reasons it’s important – and how to do it.
🎧Essential Tools for Corian DIY
Putting in new counters on Calypso means learning to work with a whole new material. It’s not that hard to create with Corian!
🎧Challenges With Cheap Cell Plans
Figuring out which cell plan to go with took some trial and error. I wish I’d thought about some of these things up front.