Money, money, mon-eyyy! Everyone wonders how much it really costs to go cruising. We know, because we wondered ourselves, and we found it difficult to come up with an accurate estimate while planning our voyage. Although there are a handful of folks out there who...
We know, we know. We’ve been slacking a bit on the blog writing. Rest assured though, we’ve been far from slacking when it comes to boat projects down here. The big item at the very top of our “To-Do” list is, “Replace Necessary...
You may have sensed a bit of resentment in the last post we wrote describing our relationship with our engine. We were just going through a little rocky patch, and everything is fine now. There is no need to worry or get upset, we’ve sorted out some differences...
The act of sailing invokes a romantic notion, one of freedom, simplicity, leisure. All you must do is hoist a sail and you can go wherever you like. No muss, no fuss, right? So why the hell have we come home from the boatyard drenched in diesel fuel and motor oil...
So we quit our jobs and moved away to a tropical destination to live on a sailboat. Life should be nothing more than lazing around the decks of the yacht, pausing only to add another ice cube to the margarita or to reel in another mahi mahi, right? In...
[captionpix imgsrc=”https://controlledjibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Burt-Reynolds.jpg” captiontext=”Luis Hernandez is even sexier than this!”]Months ago, long before we arrived in San Carlos, we heard legend of Luis Hernanadez, an...
