We bought a lot of stuff as we moved onto Starry Horizons. Some items were duds that we never use, but there are a few that we are surprised to find ourselves pulling out all the time: 1) Electric Bug Zapper David picked up this electric bug zapper racket that electrocutes bugs. It’s pretty ingenious, and we’ve…
I love to cook, and while I certainly am not cooking complicated foods like I did when we lived on land, we are certainly not suffering. David and I eat very well aboard Starry Horizons; three square meals, healthy snacks, lots of fresh food. Thankfully, our galley has a lot more space than most boats…
There have been a number of times where we have been at boat shows or meeting people and talking about our life. Back in the early days, we wished we had an easier way to exchange information other than just writing down emails on a spare scrap of paper. Boat cards sound pretty common in…
This is a topic no one particularly likes to contemplate. It’s great to be prepared for a man overboard scenario, and Amy and I have been trained to handle the boat if one of us goes overboard, we do focus more on prevention. Years ago, I was captaining one of the dinner cruise boats out…
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…
Finding the perfect gift for a cruiser is hard! We live in tiny homes, so we only have things onboard that serve multiple purposes or that we use frequently. They have to be compact and practical, space saving and low-maintenance. Before you buy that Amazon giftcard, let me walk you through more than twenty ideas…
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…