Seascapades

Author: Gerda

  • San Pedro Cove – A remote hippie community in Andalusia, Spain

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    So, we sailed along the southern coast of Spain from Almeria, and wow, it was dramatic! It’s really rugged with these huge mountains just dropping right into the ocean. The colors are fascinating, loads of black, white, and burnt orange tones. The land is super arid, and the vegetation looks dry and sunburnt. The only…

  • The Enchantment of Night Sailing: Bioluminescence and Beyond

    The Enchantment of Night Sailing: Bioluminescence and Beyond

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    Sailing on Stars…. Bioluminescence is magic – pixie dust of the ocean. Any movement in the dark water creates millions of tiny bright shiny stars in the white foam created by the sailboat gliding silently and effortlessly through the dark water,  three hundred miles from the closest land mass. The moon has gone down, the…

  • Retirement on a Sailboat: Reality vs. Dream

    Retirement on a Sailboat: Reality vs. Dream

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    When you start searching the internet for retirement options, “selling everything and living on a sailboat” seems to come up pretty often. Is it really an idyllic retirement and what is the reality of actually living on a sailboat in your later years? For the last 14 years we’ve been living on our sailboat for…

  • Tantrum on the rocks

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    A marine protected area of some 500 hectares have been created around Grenada to conserve and protect it’s marine ecosystem, including coral reefs and diverse marine life, while also supporting sustainable livelihoods and tourism. In practice this means that cruisers are not allowed to anchor in most spots and mooring balls have been placed in…

  • Sailing Adventures: From Florida to Grenada

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    The coast of Florida was left behind with an fatasy of aiming for the Caribbean, but with the first stop at Andros to deliver some Bibles to the High School as well as introducing water purification devices to the school. Both donations were accepted with great gratitude. The people of Andros are very warm and…

  • Different methods of food preservation.

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    In our home we love to eat fresh, from scratch, home cooked meals with the best ingredients available or the best we can afford. We tend to eat simple meals but with lots of flavor. I don’t go overboard with spices, but use lots of natural flavors like garlic, onion, ginger, celery, parsley, cilantro and…

  • How to vacuum seal mason jars

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    Mason jar vacuum sealers are such a blessing. They come in electric (using batteries) or manual and on our boat they get used almost daily.

  • Freeze-drying – is it worth it?

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    My short answer is YES. Off course I understand that there are as many styles of eating and cruising as there are boats out there. So, I can only share my opinion and my experiences.

  • What is Freeze Drying?

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    Freeze Drying is a hot topic on many forums and platforms today. I’ve been preserving food for almost a half a century!! Having said that out loud scared me to death-:) A few years back, I got interested in freeze drying, probably through a blog or a podcast, but I just couldn’t bring myself to…

  • Hatchet Bay to Gregory Town

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    Gregory Town will be our next port of call – only 4.5miles away. We sailed close to the coast and marveled at the rock formations and the homes that are built right on the cliffs and sometimes the cliffs have already been carved out below the houses – I would be quite scared to live…

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