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By Anthony Swiacke In our two cruising seasons along the Eastern U.S. and the Bahamas, we’ve experienced our fair share of breakdowns and equipment failures aboard the boat. Most of these issues are repairable with a little ingenuity and pre-planning. Others, seemingly unavoidable, are often costly—but as the common cruiser saying goes, “It’s a boat.” That’s why we always budget for repairs as part of our cruising plans. During our first season in the Bahamas, our majo

Passages South (Long Island Sound and New York Harbor) New London, CT to New York, NY The Statue of Liberty stands majestically against the New York City skyline, viewed from the waters of New York Harbor. Our cruising plans started one winter day 8 months before our departure. We wanted to escape the cold winter of Connecticut, show our daughter that there is more to life than the hustle and bustle of New England living and work created an atmosphere for the previous 10 year

First Time Provisioning for Cruising the East Coast and The Bahamas As we eased into cruising lifestyle from doing short jumps of 20-40 nautical miles and having a plethora of food options to heading off to the Bahamas for a couple winters we have loaded up the boat and learned a few tricks that have taught us valuable lessons in meal planning and provisioning. Our provisioning skills started when we motored our Hunter 376 15 days from Shelburn, VT back to New London, CT. We

Hello friends! My name is Sophia. I’m 10 years old and I’m a boat kid. For as long as I can remember my parents have been taking me sailing. I started when I was 3.5 years old I think? Back then we had a a little sailboat we took out on a lakes for a day trips. As I got older our boats got bigger ???? and my parents sign me up for summer sailing classes. I’ve had such a good time meeting kids from all over the state sailing Opti dinghies and hanging out on a beach. I’ve been