What Golden Glow Means to Others – Visually at Least
We know what Golden Glow means to us, but we wondered – what does Golden Glow mean to other people? So, I googled Golden Glow in an image search. Here is what I found: [read more]
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2014
Dolphins Lead the Way on our Maiden Voyage on Golden Glow
Golden Glow, Maiden Voyage, July 2014 from sv Golden Glow on Vimeo. DOLPHINS begin at 7:30 on the [read more]
Storm Un-Chasing
You’ve heard of storm chasing. Well, we’re storm un-chasing. They say the most dangerous thing in sailing is having a timetable. If you “have” to be somewhere by a certain time, you may go in conditions that are not safe. Bad weather, lightning, thunderstorms, high seas are [read more]
Making Peach Preserves to Bring Eternal Summer onto Golden Glow
Eat peaches now, or turn them into peach preserves to bring sweet summer memories to wintertime on the boat? (reminds me of Philip Zimbardo’s experiment about the benefits of deferring gratification). we grow our yellow peach trees organically (the netting keeps the birds off the ripe [read more]
Words of Warning on Rigging / Up-the-Mast Surveys
One thing we discovered interviewing surveyors to inspect the Antares catamaran we were thinking of buying was how few still go up the mast. And how can you buy a boat without knowing the condition of your rigging!?! Jonathan Sands in South Florida is one surveyor who still goes up the [read more]
Beautiful Classic Hinckley Boats
The craftsmanship of the venerable Hinkley Yachts company is legendary. One of the benefits of hauling out at Hinckley’s Marina in Stuart, Florida was the chance to view these beautiful classic boats up [read more]
What is the Size of your Boat Footprint?
We were out to dinner last night in Palm Beach with two other liveaboard sailors, Jason and Gail, who had recently sailed their catamaran from South America to Florida. They had a few sailing friends join them at various points along the way, including one, named Salwa, whom we know also. Jason [read more]
Earth: A Dynamic, Visualization of Global Wind and Ocean Currents
Have you checked out earth, a useful and beautiful pictorial tool for seeing wind and ocean currents, worldwide? http://earth.nullschool.net/ We are charting a course to sail from Florida up the eastern seaboard of the USA. Carmen Beccario‘s Earth is an excellent tool for assessing weather, [read more]
The Cost of Liveaboard Off-Shore Global Cruising, Updated
The cost of cruising is an essential topic. Can you afford to cruise? For how long? With how much comfort and freedom to do what you want to and need to? When sailors get into trouble, how often is it because they hadn’t maintained some equipment, and was cost the reason? We will be sharing [read more]
Wall Plate for Nav Station To Keep Inputs & Cords Neat & Organized
I had read on Jason & Gail’s very helpful Two Fish blog about a wall plate they had built and installed at their Nav Station. They mentioned on the blog that they got it at Ram Electronics. It turned out not to be as easy to find the site, or the product (it gets specially made) so I [read more]
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