Bugs love me. All of em. Mosquitos, no-see-ums, spiders, you name it. I can’t help it, I’m delicious. We carry a ton of bug repellent with us when we’re out and about (Bug soother is my favorite b/c no deet), but we use a thermacell on the boat. Placed in the cockpit a bit before…
You love coffee. You know you do. I haven’t met a cruiser yet who doesn’t. It gets you through night watches and early morning departures. Plus, it’s just delicious. But, your land based glass carafe isn’t going to cut it on the boat. First, glass breaks. Glass and boats are a bad combo. Second, glass…
Chances are that you either have a sink full of sudsy water in your galley, or you have to store dish soap by the gallon because you go through it so often. Here’s a secret: get a spray bottle and fill it up with mostly water. Shoot a bit of dish soap in there and…
“Hey, where’s the vodka?” “It’s in the boy’s bathroom.” This is not something I thought I would ever hear, much less say. You see, the boys are only 9 and 10. So why are they hoarding the booze in their bathroom? Are things really getting so bad on the boat that the kids have turned…
Reduce, reuse, recycle. RRR. We’ve all heard about the three R’s.