Buying a new boat is hard work – REALLY hard. While I was preparing to sell my business David was spending most of his time researching everything we needed to go cruising. After over 3 years, 30,000 nm, and halfway around the world, we’ve nearly perfected what works for us and our boat and what doesn’t work.
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Boat Gear
- Using the Marie Kondo Method to Tidy Our Boat
- Snorkeling Off Your Cruising Boat
- Cruise RO Watermaker Review
- Exercising While Cruising
- Magma Pots & Pans
- Tools for Cruising Boats
- Reducing Disposable Plastics in the Galley
- Video Gear & Cameras for Sailing Videos
- A Year with our Drift Paddleboards
- Liferafts
- iPaddleboards v iKayaks
- Fishing Gear for Cruisers
- Communications While Cruising
- Marriage Saver Headsets
- Set Up and Review of Sea Eagle Inflatable Kayak
- Five of our Favorite Things
- What’s In My Galley
- Offshore Medical Kit Contents
- Books for Cruisers
- Foul Weather Gear
- Our Mantus Anchor Unboxing
- Man Overboard
- Book Review: Care & Feeding of Sailing Crew
- Boat Cards
- Our First Christmas Gifts as Cruisers
Boat Outfitting
Our boat outfitting was a 3-step process. We started in La Rochelle, where we picked up our new Fountaine Pajot Helia 44. We did the barebones work needed to make us comfortable bringing her across the Atlantic double-handed, working with Uchimata. When we arrived in Miami, our broker completed the commissioning and we did some projects there. Then, we sailed around to Palmetto, Florida, where we spent three months getting the final big projects done.
- How to Set Up a Catamaran to Sail Around the World
- Work in La Rochelle
- Work in Miami
- Palmetto Projects 1
- Palmetto Projects 2
- Palmetto Projects 3: Enclosure and Hardtop
- Palmetto Projects 4: Solar
- Dropping the Temperature
- Anchor Chain Upgrade
- Custom Silverware Organizer
- Headsails
- Selecting Factory Options
- Choosing our Trampoline
- Our Dinghy
