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International Cruising

Does your dream include cruising in foreign waters?

Learn how to check in and out of foreign ports: what documents are needed, how to get them, and how to deal with officials in various offices.

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🎧Documents to Leave Your Boat in Foreign Countries

Published on December 23, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

Ensure you breeze through airport customs when you want to get back to your boat. These simple documents can make all the difference.

🎧Lin Pardey Answers Cruiser Questions

Published on December 9, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

How has cruising changed? Lin Pardey answers cruiser questions and shares the secret to the best voyaging life.

🎧Calypso’s Budget & How We’ll Pay For It

Published on November 20, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Nica Waters

Budget is always the big question. How did we determine ours, what it will include, and how we’ll make it happen.

Choosing Your Emergency Contact

Published on October 22, 2018; last updated on March 3, 2026 by Carolyn Shearlock

What to know in choosing your emergency contact for your EPIRB, float plan and medical emergency, including what information to give each one.

🎧 7 Tips for Choosing Your Cruising Boat

Published on September 16, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

What is the most important piece of equipment you need on board a cruising boat? What length boat works best? These 7 tips will help you choose a cruising boat.

🎧For First-Time Voyagers

Published on July 22, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

Storms, running out of food, breaking gear, is this the reality of setting sail across an ocean? First timers worry it is. So listen in to see what some of these first timers actually encountered once as they crossed their very first ocean.

🎧Talking to Elena & Ryan of Sailing Kittiwake

Published on July 1, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Elena on Kittiwake

Mike McDowell, formerly of Boat Radio, interviews Elena and Ryan from Sailing Kittiwake. Hear where they’ve been, how they fund it, and whether they recommend this lifestyle.

🎧8 Tips for the Night Watch

Published on May 27, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

Lin Pardey provides eight tips for the on-watch passagemaker to ensure that all is well with the boat and the other crew stay well-rested.

🎧 Working as You’re Cruising

Published on May 13, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

Earn as you voyage, enrich your life while you cruise. Working along the way is an amazing way to broaden your horizons as you chase the next adventure.

🎧The Things You’ll Miss

Published on March 18, 2018; last updated on December 13, 2023 by Lin Pardey

The decision to trade one thing for another is the subject of Lin Pardey’s first podcast, and as always she has great insight on the decisions you have to make.