Tag: Practical

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 on your list. This year, the suggestions have a new…

Beat the heat in the Sea of Cortez
How do you stay cool in the Sea of Cortez? Summers place it among the hottest cruising grounds in the world. We’ve spent time during four different summers in the…

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 dinner. That’s preferable to seeing burner flames fizzle out before…

How do you know where to anchor?
The deceptively simple question – how do you know where to anchor? – is more nuanced than some imagine. In our hyperconnected world, it’s the kind of straightforward information that…
Fontaine Pajot Astrea 42: A Comprehensive Review
[embedded content] Fontaine Pajot have recently bought out the Astrea 42, a production catamaran designed and manufactured in France. Fontaine Pajot have been making catamarans for decades, and they are…