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We did the back door to St. Michaels in our 6' draft sailboat. I don't recall how far we dinghied to the landing place, but I assume everybody has a motorized dinghy today. That makes it a nothing distance. One of our favorite anchorages is up Broad Creek (off the Choptank) turn left at the...

That situation wasn't too much of a problem when we were cruising the East Coast. There was always a boat within earshot (live or VHF) and we'd put out a call for what we were in need of and asked if they'd trade. Did that quite a bit and it helped make friends. Ended up on a rainy afternoon...

I have a dear friend who retired at 53yo cuz he could. He and his wife were quite frugal. The wife always has used teabags twice. Anyway, not ever having had kids, today they are quite wealthy. I have been telling them for 15 years to start spending, travel, do something. Nope. Well, today my...

[I have a dedicated battery pack in the bow supplying the thruster and windlass. Disconnects and fuses are buried up there, so they're always powered up.] We have a battery forward for the windlass and washdown pump. They are on a dedicated battery switch where we can do each separately or...

After using premade logs and found it wanted things I didn't, I made my own. I have several boxes per page and in that box at the top are common maintenance items spread horizontally. I circle the item and in the space below record the details. The date and engine hours go at the very top...

Several of you sound like we did about 20 years ago. We bought our sailboat 45 years ago and still own it. Cruising World magazine started about 1 year after we bought the boat and we subscribed...for years and years. Then it seemed the quality went down and no new ideas came along. We...

V-berth mattress pad Our V-berth is large also. I was having the same problem and if you can sew you can alter it to fit. I bought a Queen size pad because it has two control units and yet it covers most of the mattress at the head. Then I cut the stitching around the wires in the lower half...

Cold Weather Bedding Perhaps I'm a little late to get in on the discussion, but.. In 45 years of sailing I've tried a few things to keep warm at night. We never use heat over night. It's come down to an electric mattress pad run on 110. As others have said, turning it on 1/2 hour before...