
Buying a Boat? A Common Pitfall

General posts about our cruising.
Prevention is better than rescue. Here are 9 tips to avoiding a MOB.
Continue reading13 useful tips when provisioning for your next cruise.
Continue readingOne of the very first questions that arises when the crew realise that not all of them can go to sleep during the night, is “who will be on watch and when?”.
Continue readingEver wondered what “8 bells, first dog watch” means?
Continue reading“A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – William Shedd
One day, around 1991, I noticed a big, green boat sitting on a small hill in Redland Bay. I went and said hello, and had the pleasure of making friends with Greg and Cheryl Vining.
Continue readingFor the last few years, I’ve been searching around the Internet for mention of my last yacht ‘Narena’. Well I finally found her, alive and well in the Mediterranean.
Continue readingWhat’s the difference between a boat and a ship?
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