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Updated on November 4, 2017
Day of the Dead
You’d think our biggest struggle around the holidays for the kids would be Christmas. Far from friends and family, no snow, serious limits on the presents…or maybe Thanksgiving? But no; on our boat, the biggest struggle is Hallowe’en. …
Updated on November 2, 2017
Cost to Cruise: October, 2017
Boilerplate disclaimer: this is not what it will cost you to go cruising. People’s constant advice, discussing cruising finances, always seems to be: It’ll cost what you have. We did not find this helpful in our planning, however …
Updated on November 2, 2017
A bit of a sprint
We use a lot of different resources for making our cruising plans: cruising guidebooks, online aggregators like Active Captain, advice from fellow cruisers, State Department bulletins, tips from locals, traditional guidebooks like Lonely Planet, sailing blogs, and hours …
Posted on October 18, 2017
Thwarted.
We’ve been trying to leave Costa Rica for a lot of days…but things are proving to be a bit sticky. Our exit strategy started out well enough; we got our national zarpe in Puntarenas to officially take us …
Posted on October 7, 2017
Tropical Storm Nate
So maybe Puntarenas is not the place I would have chosen to spend an entire month, but it’s not too bad. We’re still cooling our heels a bit as we wait for the end of hurricane season, so …