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Yacht Cruising Infomation and Pilotage NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION
Sun 4th April 2010
Recipe: Boat Bread
Recepe books are shite, and they assume you know too much. They also don't understand moving boats. For instance even a sailing cook book will tell you to put 400g in a bread tin. Don't it .....
Thu 25th February 2010
Anchorages in Panama City.
Apparently there was a problem with nowhere to go for Yachts in Panama City a few years back. That seems not to be a problem any more. There are 3(4) places for yachts to go in Panama .....
Mon 19th January 2009
Blogging Sites for Sailors.
Blogging Sites for Sailors, a review, some sugestions and how to do it yourself. Contents: Part 1 Online Blogs (Sailing .....
Wed 17th December 2008
Getting the best out of the mu 770sw, and mu 1030 sw
Many yotties lile me will own a mu (µ) #### Olympus digital camera. There quite good. I won't say great. I had a µ770 SW, most of the pictures on this site were take with it. It .....
Sun 23rd November 2008
Free Sailing Sofware List
Free Sailing Software (usefull) Navigation Free Version GPS TrackMAKER Allows Downloads and uploads of waypoints trackas etc to a wide variety of GPS and variety of file fomats great for .....
Sun 1st June 2008
Niue
Jackal on a Mooring in Alofi Niue is a flat shelf of limestone that pops out of the South Pacific. Its entirley surrounded by a 100 ft cliff of limestone. The interior is a lush plateau. Population .....
Fri 16th May 2008
It works (just) - the Truth about apple iPods
Many Yachties, like me will be concidering and iPod as a music store for traveling, temper your desire for a brand name MP3 player with the following caveats. I've seen one as a present, another was .....
Thu 24th April 2008
Wirless Hacking for Yachties
Marina and anchorage Wireless (WiFi) networks can, you may have noticed, be unreliable. Here's how to get the most out of the WiFi available. NOTE:None of the Tipps and Tricks on this page are .....
Thu 24th April 2008
Rarotonga
I don’t like going “its my favourite”, or “the best”. I guess I’m just indecicive. I justify it by the assumption one day it might be bettered. However .....
Wed 23rd April 2008
Rangiroa
Wow what an Atol.... 1000m deep all round, huge shallow laggon fringed by palm trees. Paradise. Some tourism but not enouhg to ruin the island. Water palm trees and Coral - thats about all it is. .....
Fri 4th April 2008
Hiva Oa
Hiva Oa is a hell of a place, a towering volcanic islands that shoots out of the pacific, making an ideal end to a Pacific Crossing, Fatu Hiva is even more spectacular. Despite its remoteness, it .....
Wed 5th March 2008
Galapagos
Paying through the nose is the order of the day in the Galapagos. Seals on a boat in puerto Ayora Most people will make landfall at Puerto Ayora, in Santa Cruz. This is a delightfully .....
Tue 12th February 2008
Panama Canal Mini HowTo
Tom's Panama Canal mini howto. Written Feb 2008, may be wrong, dodgy, illegal, out of date and subject to entropy. EDIT: 2010, the Panama Canal YC has been demolished, no decent landings exist on .....
Tue 5th February 2008
Prepping/buying a boat for world cruising.
I feel I'm well placed to write about this now. Maybe even authoritative. Most people will be writing of their experiences on their boat. As a boat bum I've sailed numerous yachts long .....
Fri 18th January 2008
Notes on Venezuela
After a few stressful days in Venezuela I'm sharing some info with you. Chris Doyle's guide to Venezuela and Bonaire is looking decidedly dated, some people have suggested to me he plays down .....
Thu 3rd January 2008
Rodney Bay Marina
Rodney Bay St Lucia - Pilotage info. NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION, Info here is no substitute for proper navigational data. SINCE THIS WAS WRITTEN Rodney Bay has had a makeover, dunno what but i .....