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Yacht, Sea and Equipment
Lady Mary, repairs, equipment, navigation, weather, marinas and long-distance sailing practice.
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The Diamond Arm, or Why a Tourist Needs Medical Insurance
Gran Canaria 2012 and medical insurance The photos, apart from the first one, show the beauty of the Canary Islands, have little to do with the subject of this report, “Why a Tourist Need…
Choosing a Yacht. Buying a Sailing Yacht. Nauticat 40.
Nauticat 40 Technical Specifications of the Nauticat 40 Sailing Yacht Hull Type: Fin with rudder on skeg Rig Type: Staysail Ketch LOA: 39.37′ / 12.00m LWL: 32.81′ / 10.00m Beam: 13.12′ / …
Dengue Fever
Tropical Fever (Dengue) We encountered this scourge in Thailand , on the island of Koh Samui , well settled by families from all across Russia, where we spent the winter with our children…
Choosing a Yacht for Family Life. How to Buy a Sailing Yacht.
Choosing a Yacht Lady Mary came into our lives not so long ago, in 2013. We chose the yacht after spending a year studying yacht-sale websites almost every day and corresponding with brok…
The Cost of Living on a Yacht
The cost of living on a yacht consists of: vessel insurance (more about that here — Yacht Insurance — Going for a Third Term ) routine yacht maintenance (comparable to maintaining a not-s…
What Do We Do on the Yacht, and Don’t We Get Bored?
What We Do on the Yacht The first mate answers: — No, we don’t get bored ☺. We’ve been travelling for many years, and every time we came back, someone would inevitably ask us, “So, did yo…
Seasickness Remedies. Seasickness: Symptoms and Treatment
Seasickness remedies They say Admiral Nelson suffered from seasickness all his life. Our captain does not suffer from seasickness at all. And yet... A condition resembling a hangover of v…
Homeschooling on a Yacht
Homeschooling. Children on a Yacht “Mum, give me the tablet, quick—I can’t wait to do another French lesson now!” This isn’t a dream. It’s just that I’m sitting in the cockpit learning Sp…
Children on a Yacht: Socialisation and Safety
Socialisation and safety Socialisation is one of the fundamental concerns people have about homeschooling children. Take a child out of school, tear them away from their peer group—and th…
Where’s the Money, Zin? — Life on a Yacht
Where’s the money? HOW? How can anyone live without working? society demands. It’s time to bring some order to the sources that replenish sea travellers’ budgets, based on our own experie…
Marinas and Anchorages of the Canary Islands
Reference Information Canary Islands. Marinas and anchorages we visited between February 2015 and March 2016. Prices are per day for a 40-foot yacht. Information updated. Tenerife — marin…
Liveability of a Yacht for a Round-the-World Voyage
Is It Comfortable to Live Aboard a Yacht By liveability, we mean how comfortable it is not merely to holiday aboard a sailing yacht or sail for two or three weeks, but actually to live ab…
Satellite Communications for a Circumnavigation. Satellite Communication Systems
Satellite communications for a circumnavigation. Equipment. Weather forecasts. Email. Budget By popular demand, we’ll explain how we have set up satellite communications for an internet c…
Murphy’s Laws for Sailors
Murphy’s Laws for Sailors or 20 Rules of Everyday Life Aboard a Yacht 🙂 Three years of living aboard a yacht as a family, a passage across the Atlantic Ocean , temperate and very tropica…
Yacht Insurance — Going for a Third Term
Is yacht insurance necessary? As with a car, a yacht can be insured in various ways. Here are the main ones: something like comprehensive insurance — full cover something like compulsory …
Travel First-Aid Kit. What to Pack in a First-Aid Kit for a Seaside Trip with Children
The Traveller’s First-Aid Kit First-aid kit: how to put one together and what to include, plus the finer points and additional medicines needed for long journeys and life with children If…
How to Climb a Mast Using Climbing Equipment
How to climb a mast. Video. Nowadays, with electronic navigation software, there is no longer any need to climb the mast to make out distant land. But if a halyard has snapped or jammed, …
A Watermaker on a Yacht
A watermaker on a yacht. Thoughts on whether it is worthwhile. Choosing a model. Purchase and installation. The watermaker in operation. What You Need to Know A watermaker, from the stand…
Fresh Water on a Yacht
Fresh water on a yacht. Water consumption regime for the crew of a round-the-world yacht. Drinking, cooking, washing and hygiene. How to conserve water Life on a yacht is paradoxical—ther…
Windvane Self-Steering
Windvane self-steering. Also known as Iron Felix . What problems does windvane self-steering solve, and why is it better than an electric autopilot? Tech Talk from the Cap. A windvane sel…
Radar Detector
Radar Detector. Why You Need One and Why This One in Particular. A Life Hack from the Captain What do getting away with speeding on the road and safety on the Ocean have in common? — A ra…
Receiving Weather Forecasts via Satellite Internet
Receiving Weather Forecasts via Satellite Internet Algorithm, services, links, charts. The technical specifications of the satellite internet system we use are described here >> WARNING: …
Electronic Navigation Systems on the Yacht
Electronic navigation systems on Lady Mary: AIS, NMEA converter, Wi-Fi, autopilot. AIS . AIS — Automatic Identification System Equipment: AIS transceiver. Manufacturer: Digital Yacht This…
New (Not Scarlet) Sails for the Yacht Lady Mary
New sails for the yacht Lady Mary How we received and unpacked the new headsails, took down the old ones and hoisted the new ones. How long the parcel took to reach the end of the earth f…