October 15, 2012
by Steven
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Community is important for my happiness. There have been times in my life when I didn’t know my neighbours and a helping hand was far away. I think that a lot of people who live in cities feel that way. … Continue reading
August 22, 2012
by Steven
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One of the challenges of being a cruiser is understanding that because places differ with time, your experience of them may not be representative. It is hard not to form a negative opinion of an anchorage if the weather was … Continue reading
July 5, 2012
by Steven
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I have been wearing a Tilley hat since before we started cruising. I wore my hat many hundreds of times in lots of difficult circumstances, like our Gallapagos shipwreck. My hat repeatedly was soaked in salt water and worn in … Continue reading
June 12, 2012
by Steven
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Many people dream of sailing away to the tropics. One of the things that stops many of them are concerns about the costs. We have been tracking our expenses during the four years since we sailed away from Canada in … Continue reading
May 21, 2012
by Steven
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Every thing that is connected to the electrical grid in New Zealand, be it a building or a yacht, needs an electrical warrant of fitness. On the face of it, this is a good idea. I’m all for safety first. … Continue reading
April 1, 2012
by Steven
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Scream last plugged into grid power in El Salvador in May 2009. Since then we have lived on a tiny electricity budget and dealt with all kinds of adversity. We have a few insights to share. Scream has 390 watts … Continue reading
March 26, 2012
by Steven
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Thanks to some less than accurate assistance from Metservice, Scream encountered all sorts of annoyances rounding Cape Colville. Cape Colville poses a challenge that many cruising sailors will find novel. The tide runs at a couple knots between Cape Colville … Continue reading
March 13, 2012
by Steven
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The adage goes: “People eat everywhere. So you can always find food in inhabited places.” While this is true, people eat differently in different places because different things are available. In Fiji the following are readily available in large towns: … Continue reading
February 9, 2012
by Steven
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In 2010, we had a lot of trouble with barnacles growing on Scream‘s propeller. We cleaned Scream‘s bottom about once a month, and every time we spent fifteen minutes knocking barnacles off of the propeller with a chisel. So we … Continue reading
November 18, 2011
by Steven
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Scream spent eleven days sailing from Savusavu in Fiji to Opua in New Zealand. We spent several weeks before we departed looking for favourable weather for the passage. We wanted to leave when the weather systems were weak, with little … Continue reading