Tag: commuter cruiser
Insurance for Your Windlass: 7 Tips for Using a Snubber
If you're using an all chain rode, think of a nylon snubber as insurance for your windlass! A windlass was not designed to be...
A Cruiser’s New Years Resolutions
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE from s/v Winterlude, David & Jan! It's the time of year to be thinking about New Year's Resolutions ... or...
Step By Step: Splicing Anchor Chain to Rode
Amateur Hour! One of the details we've been dreading about changing out our totally rusted and questionably reliable anchor chain is how to splice...
How To Access Storage Under the Pullman Berth? Hinged Boat Mattress
One of the main storage areas aboard Winterlude is under our pullman berth. Three large compartments contain everything from our 130 percent genoa to...
Step By Step: Strip, Brighten, Sand and Varnish Cockpit Table
When we were looking to buy a boat, we wanted no teak for low maintenance. Unfortunately we fell in love with a classic boat...
Checklist for Leaving the Dock
One of the hardest things for whatever reason, even for relatively experienced cruisers, is to LEAVE the dock, even just for a week's shakedown...
Tips for Flying Back to the Boat
First, the obvious -- soft sided luggage only, and as lightweight as possible. It may pay to buy cheap cheap luggage from WalMart or...
Favorite Tuna Recipe: Sesame-Crusted Tuna
Since we caught tuna, I thought I'd share a recipe from our upcoming The Boat Galley Cookbook -- our favorite way to enjoy tuna...
28 Hours at Sea: Bocas Del Toro to the Rio...
A Winterlude update from our two years in Panama, leaving the marina at Bocas Del Toro to sail overnight to the Rio Chagres.....
"Friends danced...
Which Dehumidifier for a Boat?
For us, a good marine dehumidifier is an essential part of being commuter cruisers. We have never returned to the boat to find mold...
