Calling all Cruisers. Be On the Look Out for the NASA barge Pegasus that may soon be cruising from Louisiana to Mobile and up the Tenn Tom to Huntsville Alabama. This is the former barge that carried the large brown booster for the Space Shuttle. Pegasus has been enlarged to carry the larger rocket for the Mars Mission. Learn more in WorkBoat magazine Oct 2015 issue page 50. Please take photos and email to me…
October finds Captains Chris & Alyse at another new location for TrawlerFest – Bay Bridge Marina on the Chesapeake in Maryland! In addition to having a booth on site where you can Ask Captain Chris ANYTHING, we will present a few essential topics for everyone who has cruising plans in their future. […]
Captain Chris here. I am training aboard a boat without Alyse this week. As I started to teach the first mate Dani how to tie a bowline she said… […]
Beware of your next bridge clearance. Many of you have spent the summer cruising the fresh waters of North America. Lulled into sliding under fixed bridges like the 20 footers on the Erie Canal, you now need to WAKE UP and be prepared for tidal, salt water cruising… […]
IPS, ZEUS, Zed F (ZF) are the popular Pod Drive Propulsion Systems for modern planing hull pleasure boats. Many commercial vessels use Z Drives, the earlier industrial version of the pleasure boat Pod Drive. […]
When cruising everyone dreams of sunny skies, crystal blue water and 80 degree temps. Jimmy Buffet music fades in and out as your boat slips easily through the flat calm seas. Just nod your head if you see where I’m going here… […]
David and Wilma have purchased their dream boat, a Nordhavn 47.
Docked in Palm Beach, FL they asked me for a few days of training including below deck systems, generator, single engine, bow and stern thruster, stabilizers, inverter, “get home” (or wing) engine, fuel distribution system between the FOUR fuel tanks and of course a fuel polisher system. […]
Back by popular demand at TrawlerFest June 3-6! Join Captain Alyse on Friday June 5, 2015 to discover how she managed meals and more living aboard for 15 years. This sumptuous seminar will be held at TrawlerFest Essex CT on Friday morning from 8:30 to 10:30 am. […]
June 3-6, 2015 TrawlerFest presents Captains Chris, Alyse and the star of this cruisers essential…BERT!
Join us Friday June 5, 2015 from 10:45a-12:45p at the TrawlerFest in Essex CT to learn more about boating with your buddies – four legged buddies! […]
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