
Category: Preparing for Cruising Life
Preparing for Cruising Life begins right from the start when we thought about buying a boat, and living afloat seemed like a dream. This category describes the moving parts we lashed together to pack up our house, learn to sail, shop for a bluewater catamaran, refit our St Francis 50, and launch our family circumnavigation adventure.


First Squall: Finding a Safe Anchorage

Cracking open our life raft (with video)

Catamaran Test Sail: Putting SV Aphrodite Through Her Paces

Organizing our boat with skipper, Mark Burton

Becoming a Sailor: Discovering an Alien Landscape

Medical Provisioning for Cruising: A Year’s Supply of Medication—Then What?

Hotter than Hades here in Ottawa

Liveaboard cruisers: those damn hippies

