Budget is always the big question. How did we determine ours, what it will include, and how we’ll make it happen.
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Great Gifts for Cruisers
Coming up with great gifts for someone who is downsizing or already living aboard their boat can be tough. Eleven things that will be truly appreciated.
🎧How To Store Your Provisions – Lin Pardey’s Best Tips
Is it necessary to keep a stores list and update it constantly? How to prevent cans from rusting or marking up the inside of the boat.
Broccoli-Cauliflower Low-Carb Salad
YUM! Fresh veggies, bacon and hard-boiled egg combine for a delicious low-carb salad. Perfect for diabetics or keto, yet something everyone will love!
🎧3 Reasons I Love Varnish Day
Maintenance is a necessary chore. Finding side benefits makes it fun, even when it means hauling yourself up the mast each spring.
What Is Cruising?
Cruising has lots of different definitions; you can make it what you want. Eight areas to think about as you contemplate a cruising life.
🎧Storms at Sea
What does it feel like offshore when winds top 50 knots? We’ll tell you, review some common heavy weather equipment, and share ideas for coping.
Baked Tuscan Chicken
Chicken, bacon, spinach, cannellini beans, tomatoes and a hint of rosemary — a delicious make-ahead meal that’s perfect for entertaining.
🎧Secret Life of About-to-Be-Cruisers
When you’ve got an exciting plan to take off cruising and you want to share it – but what happens when you can’t do that sharing in your land life? Where can you turn?
9 Great Books for the Soon-to-Be Cruiser
Nine great books on everything from deciding to go cruising and how to do it to buying a boat and maintaining it, with a couple of “let’s dream about it” selections too.