We Aren’t Traveling, We Are Already Here. While Chris and I are so happy to know we have friends and family back home in the States thinking about us, we are feeling the need to put their minds at ease in regards to the onslaught of travel bans and restrictions that have occupied a majority […] More
TweetSt Vincent is an island in the Caribbean that most cruisers avoid. But we couldn’t. Not with the scenery, sites, and human interest there. So we went. With caution. With a buddy boat. Dangerous and Beautiful St Vincent and the Grenadines Video #81 Bat caves with fantastic snorkeling were an… Click here for full post: […] More
TweetA woman sailor need not leave her boat behind when her husband passes away, while sailing around the world…she CAN continue on! Leaving Cape Town after my husband died from Covid, across the biggest ocean yet, without the captain I sailed the last 75,000 miles with was daunting. The very… Click here for full post: […] More
We began the story of our friend falling off a sailboat in last week’s post where we left Nige floating in a cruel sea hoping the tiger sharks wouldn’t notice him. Nige is a solo sailor, so when his sailboat SY Bison rocketed away over the horizon with his cat Click here for full post: […] More
Watch this video to see our top 10 boat life tips that will help to make your surroundings cleaner, life aboard the boat safer, and a few things that we do to simply make cruising life more enjoyable and easier. 10 Top Boat Life Tips Video Top 10 Boat Click here for full post: https://sailingbritican.com/10-top-boat-life-tips/ […] More
If you had to perform a rescue at sea would you know what to do? Would your partner, guests, family, or friends sailing with you know what to do? In this video, we explain and show you a recent REAL Man Overboard that we experienced. While we were sailing a Click here for full post: […] More
Tweet Best WEATHER At Sea BY FAR!! In the old days, you used barometers, and GRIB files, and listened to SSB and VHF weather reports to round the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Now there is just so much more to aid a sailor. We used PredictWind Offshore… Click here for full post: […] More
Tweet In the old days, you used barometers, and GRIB files, and listened to SSB and VHF weather reports to round the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Now there is just so much more to aid a sailor. The Best Weather App FREE We used PredictWind Offshore for planning… Click here for full post: […] More
TweetIn the old days, you used barometers, and GRIB files, and listened to SSB and VHF weather reports to round the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Now there is just so much more to aid a sailor. We used PredictWind Offshore for planning the trip when we… Click here for full post: […] More
When it comes to boat safety it’s quite a broad category. You might immediately think that it’s just life jackets, a GPS positioning device and Man Overboard equipment but that’s only a very small tip of the iceberg. As with most things boating related, safety is yet another huge category Click here for full post: […] More
TweetSailboat Security Systems…a GOST will be watching now! Well, today I returned from the USA to South Africa to my sailboat “Brick House”. I was on a frequent flyer ticket, so I flew the long, wrong multiple connections route. I of course, had lots of boat bits, so I came… Click here for full post: […] More
When it comes to sailing and sailboats there are several different ways to do a variety of tasks. Some captains and sailing schools preach one method and others preach another. Your best bet is to understand the options and then choose the system, or way, that works best for you. Click here for full post: […] More