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Survival Tips to Combat Marine Insurance Hell

February 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

Anyone who’s been sailing for awhile, especially if you’re American and if …you buy a new sailboat that’s substantially bigger than your old one…you’re relatively new to sailing, especially blue water sailing …you’re sailing outside the USA, [read more]

Solar Upgrades – Updated

July 14, 2022 // 1 Comment

We upgraded Golden Glow’s solar panels from 340 watts to 1,300 watts. It’s wonderful to live with this abundance, and all from mother nature. This upgrade was state of the art when we did it, but see the bottom of this post for the more recent upgrades by other Antares boats to higher [read more]

What Goes On After Dark on Golden Glow?

December 20, 2021 // 4 Comments

after 1200 miles, it was time to refill our two diesel tanks from our backup jericans An imperfectly attached outside shower hose leaked and payback was late-night bailing – lessons learned! Ellen cleans the locker where we keep our extra diesel yamaha outboard fuse change by headlamp on the [read more]

Catamaran Sunbrella Sunshade

October 25, 2020 // 13 Comments

To get ready for the South Pacific, we had a sunbrella sunshade made that covers the whole front of Golden Glow, reaching all the way back behind the mast to cover the salon roof. The shade keeps the inside of the boat so much cooler, and creates a whole new dimension to living space on the boat. [read more]

Fabulous Find! 12volt Chargers for Laptop Computers

December 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Living off the grid on a sailboat, we’re powered mainly by solar and wind, and occasionally our diesel generator, that recharge our house batteries.  Efficiency is key when it comes to recharging our boatload of battery-powered tech devices: cameras, cell phones, tablets, gps devices, [read more]

Golden Glow’s Sailboat Movie Theater

October 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

  the glow of our movie theater inside our sunshade on the foredeck of Golden Glow In anticipation of spending more time at equatorial latitudes in the South Pacific, we had a sunbrella canopy made that covers the whole front of Golden Glow. It gives us the sense of having doubled our living [read more]

Best 2-Person Game for Cruising Couples (no, not arm wrestling)

September 2, 2017 // 2 Comments

If you ever hear that Rand has fallen overboard, your first question should be “were you in the middle of an acey-deucey game?” Truth be told, sometimes I do wish Rand would take his incredible dice-rolling luck to Las Vegas rather than roll back-to-back acey-deucies and doubles as he [read more]

Bonaire

July 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

We sailed to Bonaire from Grenada en route to the Pacific. Because of piracy, we had to avoid the Venezuelan coast and its waters 50 miles past its outer islands. Bonaire is the easternmost of the ABC Islands – Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. They are the perfect place to pause for a weather [read more]
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