How To Live On a Sailboat, A Live Aboard's Story

A few years back I made the decision to cut my ties to land and live aboard a sailboat. Living aboard means different things to different kinds of boaters. If you don't plan on leaving US waters but do plan...

Ways To Make Money While Living Aboard Aboat. Live aboard Careers

As a live aboard cruiser for three years on our boat Rising Star I have come across many people who were able to live the cruising dream even though they were not wealthy. Many worked for a few years and then...

How to Equip A Sailboat To Sail Across The Gulf. Sailing Gear

What You Need To Take To Sail Across The Gulf Of Mexico.  My wife and I crossed the Gulf Of Mexico several times on our sailboat named Rising Star. Sailing across the Gulf Of Mexico is nothing to take...

Sailing Across the Gulf Stream

Join Solitaire and her crew as they cross the Gulf Stream. Find out what it really like to sail out in the ocean on a small sailing boat.

Solar Power on A Sailboat. Using Solar Panels

One of the biggest difficultied that my wife and I have when we began living on our boat Rising Star full time was learning how to get by on power that we generated from our solar panels and wind generator....

Lets go sailing! Sailboat Race Pictures deedsphotos

This Flying Scot flipped right after I took this picture. The newspaper reported that the squall packed winds of 35-40 knots. An Etchells turtled and sank. The pictures in this hub were taken from...

Living Afloat

We live on a sailboat. For two years we stayed in a marina on the Chesapeake Bay; now we spend our time traveling. When people hear that we live aboard a boat, they usually have many questions: How do we keep...

Free Boat Plans

An economical way to for you to create and enjoy a boating lifestyle for yourself is to use free boat plans. I really love the challenges, uncertainty and relaxation this amazing lifestyle offers and by...

SAILING ON THE EDGE - Prelude-chpt#1

My dream started to take shape when I was twelve; watching Gardner McKay’s “Adventures in Paradise” on the television, “Swiss Family Robinson” at the movies, and reading Robin Graham’s adventures...

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