Sereno Routing plans sailing passages on forecast weather and provides guidance on when to go. It routes around land, reefs and shallows on three weather models, then shows the conditions, the comfort level aboard and the motoring needed along the way. It runs on the web, Android and iPhone.…
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Over time, we’ve accumulated quite a few appliances, but only some get used daily. When space is limited and every watt matters, it’s worth figuring out which appliances actually earn their spot in the galley.…
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We didn’t get to explore as much of Fiji as we would have liked this season, but we did pick up a few lessons along the way. If you’re planning to cruise Fiji, here are four things we wish we’d known before we arrived.…
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Seasickness is a pretty major inconvenience when you live full-time on a boat, but after six years of trial and error, I’ve found a few things that make a real difference.…
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Before you buy more batteries or solar, you need to know how much energy your boat actually uses each day. That number is the foundation for everything else.…
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Cruising has a funny way of changing your definition of what counts as a luxury. Something that might seem completely unnecessary when you're living on land can become one of your favorite things after spending months or years on a boat. For us, these purchases have all earned their place.…
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The tool automatically records departure, arrival, distance, duration, speed, wind, all of it and each passage is named after where we left and where we ended up making it easy to find them…
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Our plan to live on a boat for five years has turned into a lifestyle we’ve completely fallen in love with, and now we want to continue for as long as possible. That means finding ways to make our cruising budget stretch further and save money wherever we can.…
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