OMG! Found 3 Million Years Old Fossils & a Sunken Ship [Ep.17] Sailing Greece – Sailing SV CUBA
We sail around the world! Join us this week as we leave our anchorage in Kalamata, Greece. If you like…
Sailing Ionian Sea [Ep.8] Sivota to Kefalonia – Perfect Wind & Mainsail Mistake – Sailing SV CUBA
You guessed right we are still on the move sailing the Greek islands which are gifting us with the perfect…
In Search of the Mesmerizing Blue Eye of Albania – [Ep.4] Sailing SV CUBA
We got ourselves some wheels for a day! But before that, we leave a very rolly anchorage and almost lose…
Insider ideas: Totem’s 2020 gift guide
Every year we put a holiday gift guide together, to help pick out something special for the cruisers and cruisers-to-be…
Weather routing for passages
Jamie will be the first to tell you he’s not a weather router. But weather advice has crept into the…
Preparing a boat for haulout
Leaving Puerto Peñasco’s harbor in our wake last December, I really expected it would be years – many years! –…
Managing resources: propane on board
We ran out of propane last night. Inconveniently enough (is it ever convenient?) it happened in the middle of cooking…
Reassurance from Baja’s bounty
Cruisers obsess over food sourcing and long-term storage more than the typical person. Over-provisioning is one of the classic new…
Fast track to cruising
Pandemic closes down the world. The world decides to go cruising! OK, not exactly, but there’s been a very unexpected…
Vessel Restricted in Ability to Maneuver
ColRegs, the popular acronym for that mouthful “International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,” includes in rule no. 3 the…