Book: Confidently store fresh food and cook real meals on your boat without a working refrigerator — fruits, vegetables, cheese, eggs, meat, milk, and more. 60+ meal ideas, a 4-day sample plan, and proven techniques. Also useful for camping, RVing, and off-grid living.
Books & DVDs
Some books and DVDs ignite the dream and others give you the skills to make the dream come true.
As my mom always told me, "If you can read, you can do anything!"
The Boat Galley Cookbook
Book: 800+ boat-friendly recipes and essential tips for cooking aboard. Clear step-by-step directions, a substitutions chapter with 100+ replacements, make-it-yourself pantry staples, and techniques for cooking underway, baking without an oven, and thermal cooking. Works with small galleys, tiny fridges, and limited water and power.
Weather Basics For Boaters
Book: A practical, easy-to-understand guide to using weather apps like Windy and PredictWind to make confident go/no-go decisions on the water. Read past the overview, find the layers and data most boaters never see, and translate forecasts into what you’ll actually feel.
Arctic Sailing
If you’re looking for a great sailing adventure video, I have a good one for you!
🎧 Boatcards and Memories
Packing up the house to sell unearthed a lot of memories from our first cruise. In the form of boat cards.
🎧Awesome Sailing Movie
Finding a movie that keeps my attention is not easy. This one, featuring a sister ship to our own Calypso, definitely fits the bill!
Blue Water Women
Wondering where to even start in thinking about cruising? Got doubts and fears? Check out Gina de Vere’s new book, Blue Water Women.
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.
Homeschool Teacher
Thinking of cruising with your kids, but stuck and confused when it comes to the idea of homeschooling? Kate Laird’s new book provides practical info to make it work for you and your kids!
Taleisin’s Tales
New book by Lin Pardey — join them as they shake down the second boat they built — Taleisin — and then cruise her from California to New Zealand.