Figuring out what kind of sails your boat needs is not always a straight-forward and simple question. All sailboats need sails, right? But each sailboat may have a different set of needs. Most cruising boats come standard with a small headsail and a mainsail. The cruising route of 95% of circumnavigators is a downwind trade…
I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of a nerd. I like technology and while I’m not the most technologically advanced person in my family (here’s looking at you o’ brother of mine…) I think I come in at a solid second place. Therefore, the choice of electronics on our boat is a key concern of…
When starting an adventure like this, the hardest decision is what boat to choose. I spent countless hours in the years before we bought Starry Horizons scouring all corners of the internet, looking at manufacturer’s websites, reading boat reviews, lurking on forums and trying to learn as much as possible in order to make sure…
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. That quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but even if it was…