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Eleven Things We Learned Buying a New Boat

10 Jul 2019
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Amy
The following is a sponsored post in partnership with Atlantic Cruising Yachts. All opinions are 100% our own. For most boat owners, the process building up to untying the lines is a huge ordeal. We first got the idea to go cruising way back in 2009 when my dad took David out for...
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Bigger or Faster? Choosing the Size of Your Cruising Catamaran

13 Jul 2017
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Amy
My friend Mary Grace from Let It Be posed a question a few months ago; if you had to choose between a bigger boat, or a faster boat, relative to your current boat, what would you go with? Of course, going bigger inherently gives you a bit more speed, so let’s say David and...
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Our First Sail on Our New Boat

10 Nov 2014
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Amy
On Saturday, November 8th, we started Starry Horizons up and headed over to the fuel dock in Minimes.  The fuel dock is open 24/7, as it is a credit card machine, so no assistance is required.  There is a maximum of 300 euros, so we put as much gas in as we could, knowing that we...
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Transport, Launch, and Handover of Our New Boat!

30 Oct 2014
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David
After spending a good portion of the day at the Fountaine Pajot factory yesterday, we got up early on October 29th excited to launch our new boat! We arrived at the factory at 8 am.  It was a bit like prom; we had four iPhones, one iPad, a camera, and a GoPro all snapping away...
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Fountaine Pajot Factory Tour

28 Oct 2014
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David
382 Days…  That’s how long it took from the signing of our contract in Annapolis until today, when we saw Starry Horizons, our Helia 44, for the first time while taking a Fountaine Pajot factory tour.  “Patience” has been our word of...
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Downsizing to Move Onto Our Boat

18 Sep 2014
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Amy
I kid you not, one of the to do items on my list was to “get rid of stuff”.  This was an ongoing project, started over a year before we moved aboard our boat. I never felt that we were packrats; our residences have been on the small side, with about 1,300 squar...
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Moving Day: Shipping Stuff to Our Boat

10 Aug 2014
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David
As part of the process for buying our cruising boat, we had to divide up moving aboard the boat into two stages: “self-delivery” and “live-aboard”. Our new boat had to somehow get from the factory in La Rochelle, France, to the US.  There are three...
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Miami Boat Show Overview

18 Feb 2014
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David
Helia 44, Miami Boat Show
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...
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Instagram post 2178603744034361862_7313427715 Today was hippo day!  We took a two-hour cruise out of St Lucia, just an hour north of Richard's Bay.  The water was high due to all the rain we've had, but we saw dozens of hippos out enjoying the flood. #africa #richardsbay #zululand #hippo #riverboat #womenwhosail #girlslovetravel #nikond750
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Instagram post 2156638820001579500_7313427715 The Malagasy people are astounding sailors. Hundreds of local boats pass us by every day. Some motor loud engines, or paddle by with gentle splashes, but most glide by on the barest whisper of winds. It might be a skiff with a lone man and a fishing line, or a beamy vessel weighed down with building supplies.We have learned to recognize many of the boats by their sails; patchwork in various colors and patterns distinguish each boat. The boats feel ancient to us; archaic; prehistoric; timeless. They humble us. Thank you to our friend Lars for the picture. #fountainepajot #helia44 #madagascar #womenwhosail #sailingaroundtheworld #circumnavigation #nosybe #traditionalsailing #outrigger
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Instagram post 2150293593687001113_7313427715 More local critters at Nosy Komba. Madagascar is home to half the 150 species of chameleons in the world. We saw dozens on our hike. #madagascar #nosykomba #chameleon #wildlifephotography #nikond750
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