First Pictures of Our New Sails

03 Aug 2014
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This last week the Doyle sail loft finished our new screecher and asymmetric spinnaker.  They are currently on their way to us here in Texas in preparation for shipping off to France with the rest of the items we’ve been buying/setting aside for the boat.  The coordination...
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Important Documents for Cruisers

01 Aug 2014
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…and other housekeeping. The next step I’ve taken in planning our trip is putting together an important documents for cruisers binder. A blog post by The Boat Galley got me started in determining what we needed to have in our binder. Here’s the contents:...
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Communications on a Boat

31 Jul 2014
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While there are certainly days where being incommunicado and hundreds of miles from our fellow humans sounds excellent, the truth is that we don’t want to be nomads and are actually looking forward with meeting and keeping in touch with both friends we meet on our travels...
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Good News, Bad News

23 Jul 2014
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This post has been a while in coming, for several reasons really, but I’m going to be starting off with the good news:  Fountaine Pajot has started construction of our boat!  We finally know that Starry Horizons will be hull #77 and is scheduled to be completed at the...
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Busy as Bees

18 Jul 2014
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We were super busy today doing boat stuff for people who don’t even have a boat yet! We have been in Austin TX for a few days visiting family, but we have beeen working hard on boat things. David has been struggling through issues with the factory and Florida Yacht Group...
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Vaccines for Cruisers

04 Jul 2014
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***I am not a medical professional.  Just sharing the research I’ve done regarding our trip.  Talk to your doctor!*** Yesterday we went to our PCP to discuss medical concerns for cruising.  At our Offshore Emergency Medicine course, it was recommended that we talk to our...
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Offshore Emergency Medicine – When There is No Rescue

23 Jun 2014
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We have just wrapped up a 3-day course through Med Officer and Wilderness Medical Associates called Emergency Offshore Medicine. The class was phenomenal, and while I’m not going to go over all the details we learned, I hope that a brief overview of the course will convince...
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Helia 44 At Anchor

Final Selection of Factory Options

18 Jun 2014
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Time keeps ticking away and we slowly get closer to when Starry Horizons will be in the water.  We hit a big milestone this past week as we submitted our final list of options we want from the factory.   The amount of time we’ve had since Annapolis has been both an exercise...
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Get in the Dinghy

10 Jun 2014
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The dingy and its outboard engine are a vital part of the cruising life, shuttling us to and from the shore, to other boats, and carrying all manner of items for us, from groceries to scuba/snorkel gear etc.  Choosing the right combination has taken a lot of time and research...
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