If you have questions about weather routing or navigation, you’ve come to the wrong place. But, if you’re looking to find some ways to make your life on board a little bit easier….we’ve got a few ideas for you. Each of these have been tried and true on our sailboat Twig.
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Oh Captain My Captain
People used to have a whole mess of kids to get work done on the farm. The boat is no different, and there are all sorts of great new ways they can lend a helping hand. The great thing is that most of these chores get them involved in the sailing life and more invested…
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Keep It Cool
One of the biggest problems on any sailboat is fridge space. There are a few boats out there that were built for liveaboards and have ample space, but many of the cruising community are living on former charter boats. Charter boats were designed for week long trips and lots of eating out…not for cheap cruisers…
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Shrivel up and Dry
One of our biggest worries sailing off into the sunset was how to get enough milk for our kids. We went through a weekly delivery of 3.5 Gallons per week at home, and there’s no way we’d have the fridge space for that on the boat. We figured that we would give dried milk…
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Nix the (Vita)Mix
Everybody has a VitaMix it seams. They’re really expensive and big, so they must be good. Plus, you can make just about anything with them. We have one. It came with our boat which was nice. We never use it. It’s big and a pain to clean. However, we make our…
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Pop it like it’s Hot
Chips chips chips. We love chips. When we first got to the Bahamas, we realized that a bag of Doritos was about $7. At first we wished that we had brought more with us, but then we realized that we didn’t have storage for 50 bags of chips. You know what we did have…
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Kill the paper (napkins)
Cloth napkins are a no brainer, especially if you’ve already followed our advice and started using cloth paper towels…