Leaving the boat can be very traumatic, especially if you’re leaving your floating home in a foreign country for longer than just a short trip back. The links below provide tips and checklists on everything from selecting a marina to hurricane prep – and they’re useful for long range cruisers as well as weekend cruisers!
Checklists
Leave The Boat
On the Hard or In the Water
Marinas
Hurricane Preparedness
Return to the Boat
Checklists
I love checklists – and you can’t have enough of them aboard, especially if you’re not a regular commuter to your boat — anytime I do something twice a year, I’m bound to forget things.
“Seasonal Cruising in the Bahamas: How Do You Do It?”After 2000 Miles on The Great Loop: Lessons LearnedCaretaker ChecklistChecklist for Those Inevitable Transitions …Checklist To Leave Boat For Hurricane SeasonChecklist To Leave Boat in WaterChecklist to Leave the Boat for the HolidaysChecklist to Leave the HouseChecklist to Leave Your Boat Out of a Hurricane Zone: Originally Published in Bluewater SailingLeave The Boat on the Hard ChecklistReady, Set, GO! Download Our Fall Maintenance Checklist.
Leave the Boat
What to do with the diesel? How to keep out critters & bugs? NO MOLD or mildew?
“Either You Run The Day, Or The Day Runs You!” … Jim Rohn“Seasonal Cruising in the Bahamas: How Do You Do It?”Adding a Fuel Polishing System … Is It Enough?After 2000 Miles on The Great Loop: Lessons LearnedAll Choked Up….B.O.A.T. Know What It Means?Bugs, Critters & Mold … OH NO!!!Caretaker ChecklistChafe Gear? 4 Important Considerations for Your BoatChecklist To Leave Boat For Hurricane SeasonChecklist To Leave Boat in WaterChecklist to Leave the Boat for the HolidaysChecklist to Leave Your Boat Out of a Hurricane Zone: Originally Published in Bluewater SailingCleaning the Dinghy … The Easy Way!Diesel Tanks… the Ongoing Debate: Full or Empty?Don’t Throw a Party for Cockroaches Aboard!FREE Hurricane Prep Links!How To Find A CaretakerHurricane Preparedness … #2Hurricane Preparedness … 1 in a Series…Hurricane Preparedness #3 … Dock LinesHurricane Preparedness #4Hurricane Preparedness #5 … CaretakerI Must Have the Date Wrong…Jib Roller Furling: Off, On & Flake the Sail!Leave The Boat: Insurance PhotosPreparing the Galley to Leave the BoatRemoving a Roller Furled JibStep by Step: Roller Furling Jib Back On!Tips on How To Pick a MarinaTips To Take Sails Off (Reverse It to Put Them Back On)What To Do With The Diesel?Where To Spend Hurricane Season?Which Dehumidifier for a Boat?Why Fresh Water Rinse the Chain Locker?
On the Hard or In the Water?
Which is best, on the hard or in the water? There are no right or wrong answers, but there are lots of considerations.
Marinas
What we look for in a marina to leave our boat for six months while we return to the Midwest. Also some of the marinas we've left s/v Winterlude in from southwest Florida to Colon, Panama.
Bocas Marina, Bocas Del Toro, PanamaBurnt Store Marina, Southwest FloridaCatamaran Island Hotel and Marina, Rio Dulce, GuatemalaDon’t Get Burned! Check That Electric Meter!Marina Paraiso, Isla Mujeres, MexicoShelter Bay Marina, Ft Sherman/Colon, PanamaTips on How To Pick a Marina
Hurricane Preparedness
- 10 Tips for Revisiting Dock Lines for Hurricane
- After The Hurricane …
- Chafe Gear? 4 Important Considerations for Your Boat
- Checklist To Leave Boat For Hurricane Season
- FREE Hurricane Prep Links!
- Hurricane Preparedness … #2
- Hurricane Preparedness … 1 in a Series…
- Hurricane Preparedness #3 … Dock Lines
- Hurricane Preparedness #4
- Hurricane Preparedness #5 … Caretaker
- Hurricane Season … Are You Ready?
- Hurricane Warning: Riding Out a Big Blow At Anchor
- Jib Roller Furling: Off, On & Flake the Sail!
- Removing a Roller Furled Jib
- Staying Put: Ground Tackle for a Hurricane
Return to the Boat
… hurray! it’s time to return to the boat and resume the adventure!
“Seasonal Cruising in the Bahamas: How Do You Do It?”As the Diesel Rumbles to Silence….Cleaning the Dinghy … The Easy Way!Day 2 Back AboardEcstacy or Agony? We’re HOME! Back Aboard!Expecting the UnexpectedFirst Things FirstReady, Set, GO! Download Our Fall Maintenance Checklist.Spring Commissioning or Return to Boat Checklist!Teetering …. but Life Is Good!Tips for Flying Back to the BoatTransitions & Reflections…..
