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Dances With Penguins

Published on 01-16-2019 09:31 AM

Paul Cayard sheds the racing bib and puts on some snow shoes as he chills out in Antarctica and will be providing some highlights along the way:

Day 4 of our Antarctic adventure-Position 64S x 62W.

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Hot Tub Tours

Published on 12-02-2014 03:38 PM

Leave it to Amsterdam to come up with the optimal way to relax while touring the city. 2015 will see the initiation of Hot Tub Tours, and you can buy your own HERE!

We are very excited to be the first people in Amsterdam with a Hot Tug, a wonderful Dutch-designed engineering marvel that is exactly what it sounds like: a hot tub with a motor. Why

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Tis The Season To Light Up The Night

Published on 12-02-2014 09:58 AM

Yes, Virginia, there will be illuminated boats a plenty this year! Time to ply away from the hustle and bustle,
the frantic shopping and whatnot that can suck the joy out, and get a mug of good cheer and
enjoy some of the spirit of the season!

All images courtesy Fred Fago Clicky

A partial listing of all the Lighted Boat Parades coming to a waterway near you!

Feel free to add listings in your neck of the woods not listed!

Saturday December ...

The Road Less Traveled: Playa el Coyote

Published on 11-13-2014 12:40 PM

A different type of adventure, As Ruben and Robbie join friends Tim and Ramie as they delve into setting up a 2nd homestead in Playa el Coyote in Baja California. They have arrived and begin a 6 month labor intensive working vacation...

My primary role while traveling down Mexico-1 to our favorite place in the Baja is that of navigator. This may sound crazy, as there is really only one road down. I spend a lot of time scouting for vados (dips), ganados (cows), topes (bumps) and curvas pelagrosas (dangerous curves.) ...

Sweet Tea's Southbound Sojoun

Published on 10-30-2014 09:00 PM

Robin & Ruben Gabriel have loaded up the wagon with their Moore 24' Sweet Tea in tow and are headed
south to Bay of Conception south of Mulege BCS for ...

It's Pronounced "Gourde On"

Published on 10-12-2014 10:02 AM

Many celebrations of all things gourde this tim of year, but one that has a very nautical bent, the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, in where else, Damariscotta Maine, presents differnt way to get your "Gourde ...

Winter Sailing With Skip Novak

Published on 10-08-2014 07:48 AM

A unique adventure in August September 2014, led by Skip Novak and Stephen Venables, which sailed from Stanley ...

Departing Mexico, headed for Washington State, USA

Published on 04-03-2014 07:07 AM

Tomorrow morning Tiger Beetle, along with rob (me) and Lindi (newly on board) will be rolling out of San Jose Del Cabo and Mexico in a short while, headed out onto the big blue highway aiming for points northwards. This is the 'big leg' of the summer, perhaps 3500 miles of sailing from the southern tip of Baja California, Mexico - up to the Strait of Juan de Fuca that separates Canada from the United ...

Grumpy In The Delta

Published on 02-18-2014 09:03 AM

Rob Tyron and LaDonna Bubak officially left the real world at the end of 2013 and entered a new phase in life, "Eternal Cruising" as LaDonna put it. Ah, that's the life!

No longer doing ...

Half Way To Mazatlan

Published on 02-18-2014 07:07 AM

Rob Macfarlane continues his travels south of the border, having enjoyed a couple pleasant solo weeks in the Gulf of California as far north as Isla Partida. Now having picked up crew in La Paz, Tiger Beetle now on a southern sojourn, making tracks for Mazatlan... ...

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