The Write Stuff: Cruising World Turns 50
Plenty of sailors can spin a good yarn at the bar, but it’s a real trick to be able to turn a phrase on paper.
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Plenty of sailors can spin a good yarn at the bar, but it’s a real trick to be able to turn a phrase on paper.
In the Caribbean, colorful characters are always at play, no matter which island the party moves to next.
Choosing the right dinghy is just the start. Keeping it clean, not getting it stolen, and protecting it from punctures can involve a lifetime of learning.
You really haven’t lived until you’re shouting your lat/lon into the VHF radio as your main battery banks go underwater.
Fatty Goodlander knows how to keep a nervous crew member calm: by keeping them busy—and never allow talk of launching the liferaft.
Cap’n Fatty Goodlander’s 62 years of living aboard has helped him develop some less-than-traditional home schooling methods for the kids.
Cap’n Fatty Goodlander makes the switch to LED lights aboard Ganesh.
As Ganesh’s systems grow more complicated, Cap’n Fatty has had to spend plenty of time solving electrical problems aboard.
While waiting out the pandemic in Singapore, Cap’n Fatty enjoys some spins around the buoys.
When you’re cruising on a budget, every dollar counts.
While Singapore kept it’s borders open during the pandemic, many arriving on cruising boats were required to stay aboard.
After losing Trinka, a classic Rhodes Reliant 41, in Hurricane Irma, owner Thatcher Lord went through the difficult task of salvaging her.
Plenty of sailors can spin a good yarn at the bar, but it’s a real trick to be able to turn a phrase on paper.
In the Caribbean, colorful characters are always at play, no matter which island the party moves to next.
Choosing the right dinghy is just the start. Keeping it clean, not getting it stolen, and protecting it from punctures can involve a lifetime of learning.
You really haven’t lived until you’re shouting your lat/lon into the VHF radio as your main battery banks go underwater.
Fatty Goodlander knows how to keep a nervous crew member calm: by keeping them busy—and never allow talk of launching the liferaft.
Cap’n Fatty Goodlander’s 62 years of living aboard has helped him develop some less-than-traditional home schooling methods for the kids.
Cap’n Fatty Goodlander makes the switch to LED lights aboard Ganesh.
As Ganesh’s systems grow more complicated, Cap’n Fatty has had to spend plenty of time solving electrical problems aboard.
While waiting out the pandemic in Singapore, Cap’n Fatty enjoys some spins around the buoys.
When you’re cruising on a budget, every dollar counts.
While Singapore kept it’s borders open during the pandemic, many arriving on cruising boats were required to stay aboard.
After losing Trinka, a classic Rhodes Reliant 41, in Hurricane Irma, owner Thatcher Lord went through the difficult task of salvaging her.
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