Keeping your pet comfortable on board is not that different from providing for another crew member. Make sure they have comfortable and safe access to places to eat, sleep, and eliminate. At least with pets you don’t have to figure out what drinks they prefer! Our dog adjusted quite easily to life on board, I […]
Food Storage: You don’t have what you can’t find
Food Storage systems are not sexy, but they can make your life easier. Your friends probably imagine you basking on the foredeck while what you are really doing is looking for the pepper which you KNOW should be RIGHT THERE. You may think that since you never needed a food storage system in your kitchen, you certainly […]
12 Ways of Saving Water on a Passage
On a long passage water may be one of your scarcest commodities. Saving water is important even if you have a watermaker, and essential if you don’t. Here are some things that help us to use our water sensibly: Use foot pumps (not pressure-water systems) so you don’t waste what you have. Add a raw-water […]
Making Yogurt on Board without Refrigeration
You can have yogurt on board even if you have no refrigeration. The only trick is, like with any starter, you have to make it regularly before your starter goes bad. Yogurt Making Tools & Supplies wide-mouth thermos, sized for the amount you can eat in a few days. We usually make two cups or […]
Are Cruising Boats Expensive?
Everyone is interested in the cost of cruising; we’re always asked how we afford it. It does appear from many articles and surveys we have read that the average cruising budget has gone up considerably from twenty years ago – richer people are going cruising. However it does not appear that the cost of cruising […]
Provisioning and Storage Rules
Provisioning for long ocean passages, with or without refrigeration, is most successful when you buy foods to prepare dishes that the crew likes, when you can predict how long each food can survive so as to preference recipes with those food before they go bad, and when you store the foods to best prolong their use Most […]
