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How to Pick Up a Mooring Ball

25 Aug 2019
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Amy
cruising, mooring ball, sailing, sailing basics
Tying up to a mooring is one of the easiest and most common ways to secure your boat to the seabed. It takes some coordination and practice though, so here’s how we do it. What is a Swing Mooring Ball? A swing mooring ball is a very simple way to secure your boat to the...
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Using the Marie Kondo Method to Tidy Our Boat

14 Aug 2019
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Amy
cleaning, cruising
About Marie Kondo & Tidying Up Marie Kondo is a Japanese woman who has been obsessed with tidying up her whole life.  She’s sold millions of copies of her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and is an organization consultant. What spurred us to read her book? ...
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Eight Weeks Cruising the Maldives

02 Jul 2019
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Amy
cruising, maldives
Our time cruising the Maldives is over! We entered the country on March 27th, 2019 and left May 22, 2019, for a total of 56 days cruising from north to south. Snorkeling & Diving With the exception of the megafauna (whale sharks and manta rays), the underwater life in the...
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Blue Lagoon, Fiji

07 Oct 2017
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Amy
cruising, family, fiji, hiking, snorkeling, yasawas
The furthest north our adventure took us was to an area of Fiji called Blue Lagoon.  There are several islands here; Nunaya Levu, Nanuya Lailai, and Nacula Island. These islands are all in the Yasawa Group of Fiji, an island chain on the northwestern side. Nanuya Levu is...
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A Cruiser’s Education

26 Aug 2017
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Amy
cruising
We have met tons of cruising families while out chasing stars, and it’s obvious that a lot of their time and schedule revolves around homeschooling. Talking to (usually) cruising moms about how they structure classes and spend time teaching their kids got me thinking about...
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Top 10 Cruising Experiences in French Polynesia

21 Aug 2016
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Amy
cruising, french polynesia, top 10
We LOVED cruising French Polynesia. It is, hands-down, my favorite country we’ve been to, although David wavers between Nova Scotia (Canada) and French Polynesia (which are so different it’s like apple to oranges). It amazes me that it’s the longest...
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3 Months Cruising the Caribbean!

20 Feb 2016
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Amy
Caribbean, cruising, recap, summary
It’s hard to believe our time in the Caribbean is over, but it is! We arrived in the BVIs on November 10th, 2015, and we left Grenada on February 17th.  That’s 99 days cruising the Caribbean!  How Much Time is Right? And before you say it – yes,...
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Sailing Carriacou in Grenada

16 Feb 2016
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Amy
carricou, cruising, grenada, hiking, sailing, snorkeling
We’re approaching the end of three months of sailing the Caribbean.  Grenada is our last stop before taking off to the Panama Canal and the Pacific.  We sailed overnight from Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia.  Grenada is an opportunity to haul out one last time at Grenada Marine,...
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Instagram post 2197215905287623884_7313427715 Checking out the molds for the new Balance 482 starting production in Cape Town at @twooceansmarine. It's a pretty amazing factory, building all sorts of custom boats. Hopefully we will be able to check out the finished product someday. #annapolissailboatshow2021?@balancecatamarans #areweboatshopping #secondcircumnavigation #westillloveyoustarryhorizons #needforspeed
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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
Instagram post 2158262367006248793_7313427715 We made new friends today!!!! 😍This was our THIRD paid tour to swim with whale sharks (1 - Australia, 2-Maldives), but the first time we got the amazing experience we were looking for!With @22.south and @sakalav.diving, we went out bright and early this morning to look for whale sharks.  There were just six of us on board and we had so many sightings!  The whale sharks were feeding off the plankton that congregates in the waters of the Mozambique channel.#whalesharks #madagascar #sailingaroundtheworld #nosybe
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
Instagram post 2154685123105284888_7313427715 I sssssssssssssee you. Madagascar tree boa we spotted at Lokobe. #madagascar #nosybe #lokobe
Instagram post 2154227047520655230_7313427715 Yesterday was one of those days where you find yourself doing something ridiculous and think 'geez....this is my life???'. We'd booked a full day with Nosy Be Adventures, recommended to us by another cruiser.  That's how, at about 9 am in the morning, David, Kimi, and I found ourselves paddling a canoe out to a remote village in Lokobe Reserve.  Inaccessible by car, our guides had an outrigger canoe ready for us.  Audience participation required!This was just the start of the day.  We hiked, saw lemurs and snakes, ate Malagasy food, and watched a stunning sunset.Madagascar certainly requires an adventurous spirit!@achimasrak_94 #madagascar #lokobe #nosybe
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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