Tag: Lifestyles

Going the Extra Mile – Maupiti Magic

January 21, 2025 No Comments

He turned to port to get a better look. And there it was – a very narrow, very doglegged pass with a couple of pole markers as guides. I zipped back to the cockpit as we circled round ready to take the ‘leap.’ It would have been easy enough if there was either some room or a straight run. I realised, as Matt gunned the engines, I was inadvertently holding my breath – as if somehow that would get us in unscathed.

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Add it to the To-Do List!

January 21, 2025 No Comments

Boats are like potato chips, it’s hard to have just one.  My husband Jim and I have lived aboard boats for decades and at one point we owned three boats of 40-feet or greater (yes, we have the boating bug badly!)  However, in the last few years we whittled our “fleet” down to just one 40-footer, a Willard trawler.

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Schooner Living

December 31, 2024 No Comments

While attending the Gloucester Schooner Festival a sweet schooner with a family seemingly having the time of their lives caught my eye. I had to meet them and thought you should too… here is their story:

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Why Are There Songs About Sailing, but Not About Golf?

December 17, 2024 No Comments

There are songs about sailing, but not about golf.  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Beach Boys, Lyle Lovett, Jimmy Buffet, Phish, and Christopher Cross are amongst those whose song lyrics have imparted important life guidance delivered through sailing (or boating) metaphors. Sailing and golf can each be described as sports, hobbies, or passions and they are, similarly, both significantly impacted by the weather.

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Nautical Safari to Tanzania

December 6, 2024 No Comments

In October 2015, I purchased a Richard Woods Elf 26 catamaran in South Africa. But it wasn’t until 2017, after a major refit in Gordon’s Bay, South Africa that she was delivered to Watamu, on Kenya’s Indian Ocean North Coast. That voyage took some three or four months of sailing over a period of almost nine months. 

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ConnectOcean: Educating and Connecting People With Our Most Valuable Resource

December 6, 2024 No Comments

You probably know that 71% of our planet is covered in water, or that an estimated 350 million jobs globally are linked to our oceans.
But lesser known facts about oceans include an estimation that one BILLION  people in developing countries depend on fish as their primary source of protein, or that 90% of the world’s fisheries are categorized as either “fully exploited,” “overexploited,” or “depleted”.

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Repowering in Paradise: The Adventure We Didn’t Plan For

November 8, 2024 No Comments

Once you’ve got your sights set on playing some seaworthy songs, the right acoustic guitar is the perfect companion for your musical adventure. So, what qualities make for a great boat ax? When Jimmy Buffett released an all-acoustic album in 2020 called Songs You Don’t Know by Heart, I had a chance to ask the ultimate expert. 

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Mysteries of Dean’s Blue Hole

November 8, 2024 No Comments

Once you’ve got your sights set on playing some seaworthy songs, the right acoustic guitar is the perfect companion for your musical adventure. So, what qualities make for a great boat ax? When Jimmy Buffett released an all-acoustic album in 2020 called Songs You Don’t Know by Heart, I had a chance to ask the ultimate expert. 

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Cruising Newfoundland’s South West Coast

November 8, 2024 No Comments

Once you’ve got your sights set on playing some seaworthy songs, the right acoustic guitar is the perfect companion for your musical adventure. So, what qualities make for a great boat ax? When Jimmy Buffett released an all-acoustic album in 2020 called Songs You Don’t Know by Heart, I had a chance to ask the ultimate expert. 

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Seaworthy Guitars

October 1, 2024 No Comments

Once you’ve got your sights set on playing some seaworthy songs, the right acoustic guitar is the perfect companion for your musical adventure. So, what qualities make for a great boat ax? When Jimmy Buffett released an all-acoustic album in 2020 called Songs You Don’t Know by Heart, I had a chance to ask the ultimate expert. 

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