DISCLAIMER: This article is nearly five years old; that’s practically ancient where camera gear is concerned. The last five years I made plenty of videos that you can use as inspiration but these recommendations are very dated – you probably can’t buy most of the gear recommended below and even if you could you shouldn’t. […]
Make Your Bareboat Charter a Resounding Success!
As I stirred I was confused; the light streaming in through my hatch was coming from the wrong direction. From my bunk I could tell that we hadn’t swung overnight; I finally figured that the light streaming in wasn’t from the sunrise it was from the moonset! The skipper in me, however groggy, decided just […]
What’s a Day like Bareboating in the BVI?
What does a day Bareboating in the British Virgin Islands look like? Join my friends and I for my first full day bareboat chartering: We started out at Marina Cay, explored The Baths on Virgin Gorda before they opened. Then we sailed to the Bitter End Yacht Club and snorkeled along the barrier reef northeast […]
Head to Head: Charter Catamaran vs. Charter Monohull
With 17 people signed up we were going to need at least two boats. This, combined with the limited availability of boats in Antigua meant that we couldn’t get two matching boats to accommodate everyone. We settled on a 38′ catamaran and a 50′ monohull. We had wanted to try a cat for a while, […]
Choosing our Second Caribbean Bareboat Location
Some sailing friends and I wanted to do another trip during the winter and this is a summary of the process we went through deciding where we should go. Where to Visit When to visit was a constraint of ours, we wanted to sail in the off-season after the new year. So it was either […]