Electricity. It’s something we use every day, but it’s always been one of those mysteries of the world to me. Volts, watts, hertz/frequency and many other terms all seem like they’re from a foreign language. Sure, I took physics in high school and can barely remember diagramming out various circuits and doing some calculations, but that…
We’ve logged over 30,000 nm on our boat over the past five years, but even with all that sailing, we still have been stationary over 85% of our nights. And most of the time, that’s at anchor with our trusty Mantus Anchor. Why We Picked Mantus Since we are small business owners ourselves, we especially…
Every cruiser has a set of foulies for when the weather gets rough. After five years on the boat….what have we learned about foul weather gear? Our Gill Foulies We elected to go with the Gill OS1 jackets & pants given our offshore sailing plans. The gear fits great, and Amy’s really glad she got…
When I first became aware of the Helia and thought it might be a potential winner in our ‘boat for a trip around the world’ sweepstakes, I read every review I could get my hands on. And believe me, there are a lot. However, nothing compares to getting out on the water and seeing how…
Behind the Annapolis Sailboat Show, the Miami Boat Show our second choice for favorite boat shows. We’ve attended twice, once a few months after we placed the order for our boat, and once the year after that, when we sailed the boat to Miami in time to attend the show. See Your Boat in the…
We are both huge readers on Starry Horizons, and we read to entertain and to learn. Our bookshelf is limited, so we keep it full of the best reference books for cruisers. Kindles We are firm proponents of electronic media. We both have Kindle Paperwhites that we love. The ability to have literally thousands of books…
Before Starry Horizons was launched, we spent years dreaming about cruising. Back in the day, there weren’t nearly the number of sailing channels that there are now. In fact – La Vagabonde, undoubtably the most famous YouTube channel, started the same week we did! Sailing channels are a great way to learn about sailing and…
One of the things that was quickly apparent to us when we were checking out the Helia at the Annapolis boat show was that the factory trampoline was not going to be suitable for us. Â The trampoline was essentially a large, open net and quite “stretchy”, for lack of a better word, which meant it…