Chapter 2 of 6 · 43 posts
Florida and the Bahamas
Sailing with kids began in Florida. Then we crossed the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas.
Learning the ropes in Florida19 posts
- Living on a Sailboat With Kids: Freedom or Confinement?
- Meal planning and provisioning for a family afloat: six suggestions for cruisers
- Family Life on a Sailboat: Our First Weeks Sailing Solo
- Homeschooling on a Boat: Why We Paused Lessons to Settle In
- Growing Up Canadian: Winter, Canoes and Sailing South
- Sailing Around the World: Our Family Adventure Begins
- Books Are Treasures Forever: Betty’s Gift From Captain Fish
- Off-Grid Ice Cream on a Sailboat: Our Lello Musso Pola
- Educating Kids on a Sailboat: Homeschooling Three Grades
- Kids and Boredom: The Best Park Had No Playground
- Florida Keys Sailing with Kids: Rodriguez Key and Key Largo
- Halloween in Tavernier, Florida Keys: A Street Carnival
- Building an Offshore Medical Kit for a Family With Kids
- Rain Sounds: One Minute of a Florida Downpour on a Sailboat
- First Dinghy Drive: Grocery Shopping Without a Car
- Handwashing Laundry on a Boat: 4 Lessons & The True Cost
- International Medical Insurance: An Ontario Sailing Family
- Offshore Medical Kit List: What We Used in 10 Years Aboard
- Christmas on a Sailboat: Cards by Dinghy and a Florida Storm
Across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas24 posts
- First Sailing Passage: Fear, Seasickness and Bahamas Plans
- Boat Battery Testing: Why Load Tests Missed Bad Batteries
- Our Victron Boat Batteries: From Install to Thermal Runaway
- Storm at Anchor: 35-Knot Winds in the Florida Keys
- Waiting to Cross the Gulf Stream: Excitement Builds
- Sailing From Florida to the Bahamas: 11 Hours to Cat Cay
- Buying a Mattress for a Boat: When Delivery Means Dinghy
- Nassau Jitney Bus: How It Works and the Real Bahamas
- Allen Cay, Exumas: Iguanas, a Stingray and a 40-Knot Blow
- When the Watermaker Breaks: What Goes Wrong on a Sailboat
- Cruising Life With Kids: Busy Days Anchored in the Bahamas
- Shroud Cay, Exumas: Exploring the Tidal Creeks by Dinghy
- Pigs, Sharks, and Thunderball Grotto — Exploring the Exumas with Kids
- George Town, Bahamas: Summer Camp for Cruisers
- Sailing the Jumentos, Bahamas: Hog Cay Cut and Water Cay
- Docking Drama in George Town, Bahamas: No Steering, Wind
- Hurricane Season in the Caribbean: Why We Chose Luperón
- Swimming With a Wild Dolphin in the Bahamas (With Video)
- Ragged Islands, Bahamas: Duncan Town and Buena Vista Cay
- Mayaguana, Bahamas: The Generosity in Abraham’s Bay
- Off the Beaten Track Bahamas: Sailing Beyond the Exumas
- Bahamas Long Reads — Exumas Stories
- Beginner Sailor Checklist for Leaving an Anchorage (PDF)
- How to Avoid Seasickness While Sailing: Ditching Dramamine