A cartoon that says it all, an interesting post from L,G,&M, and how a lot of us feel… So, the current piratical increase in cruising fees for folks visiting the Bahamas makes for a non-Volkcruiserish destination. The good news is that at least we know in advance and can avoid visiting or sailing through the …
EBM with a couple of pictures, a good question, and in the “somewhat troubling” department… Boy howdy, every time I look at charts they’re even more expensive. Yeah, I know, paper charts are old fashioned and electronic charts combined with a phone, computer, or chart plotter are what all the cool folks use. I long …
Something I did not know about landfills, an interesting read, and some Cosplay Barbie news… The June issue of Caribbean Compass has an interesting article about crossing the Atlantic west to east entitled Crossing the Atlantic, an Electric-Powered Passage: Part II. It’s worth the read. However, I have a few quibbles with the methodology and …
All you need to know about aviation safety, a podcast worth checking out, and in the “almost ‘H’ season” department… Where saving money on boats is concerned, it’s all about keeping the big picture in focus. Well that and knowing what you can afford, setting a sustainable budget, and sticking to it. The problem arises …
Puerto Rico news, the price of gas, and in the “Cosplay president” department… It costs money to travel and while wind might be free, most countries require a fee or fees. On the plus side, most bureaucratic fees in cruising grounds are fairly small sums but the downside is they can add up. The real …
EBM with a couple of good points, stupid stuff, and in the “I have a real bad feeling about this” department… Yeah, gettin’ by on gettin’ by is my stock-in-tradeLiving it day-to-day, picking up the pieces wherever they fallJust lettin’ it roll, lettin’ the high times carry the lowJust living my life easy come, easy …
Krugman making sense, EBM telling it like it is, and a movie I need to see… Every day I get an email from Defender with their, so-called, best deals. The thing is that they are seldom deals at all and a couple of minutes with your search engine will often result in the same product …
Some folks doing good, an astute observation, and something from the “Well, this is interesting” department… So, I just read this about the federal minimum wage. It got me thinking… One could cruise comfortably fairly easily on $1,160.00 a month. Sure, you’d need to do your homework, have an affordable well maintained boat, and have …
Some Caribbean news, Sail Delmarva has something to say, and EBM with an important treaty point… Face it, we’re all living in hard times and many of us are starting to think about buying stuff today that may not be available or affordable tomorrow. Yeah, doom spending is a thing. Generally I consider myself an …
The word for today is kakistocracy, a book you might want to check out, and in the “You have to admit he’s making a good point” department… Energy budgets are just like monetary ones and a lot of good advice can be found in David Copperfield. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, …
