American Product Review: Sport-a-Seat Many of our American Proud product reviews are about new products. While the Sport-a-Seat has been around for 30 years, it is still a great product. Inventors, Nevin and Lynne Paradise, claim their Original Sport-a-Seat is “often imitated, but never duplicated” and as far as we are concerned, that is true. […]
Trade Only Today Sloop project launched a bluewater adventure and a new life
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Annapolis Sailboat Show 2015 “The Largest In-Water Boat Show in the Nation” It is again time for the biggest event in the Chesapeake Bay, the Annapolis Boat Show! Close to 150,000 attendees from around the world attend this show annually with every major sailboat manufacturer in attendance. The show features premieres new boats and boasts
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American Product Review: PARA-TECH Sea Anchor As we have been preparing for delivery of our new Lagoon 450 Sport Top, Zuri, we are continually amazed at the availability of high quality American-made sailing products. Really, you don’ have to go overseas for affordability in most cases. While researching sea anchors for our crossing when we
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Dream Yacht Charter has released two of their Bali Catamarans for sale at really great prices to be placed into their Dream Easy Program in the Caribbean. These Bali catamarans are brand new and destined for the Dream Yacht fleet in Grenada in December. If you are in the market for a new Bali, jump
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UPDATED 08/16/16 See our new article, Iridium GO! Review for details on how we set it up and how we used it. For our upcoming ocean passage we are planning to use the Iridium GO!. Crossing from the Canary Islands to Miami will take us about 20 days. During that time, we have to be in
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Looking to spend less on internet data while sailing the world? Unlimited data and bandwidths that will stream video that most North American landlubbers enjoy on their computers and mobile phones are not a reality for seagoing cruisers. We have a mobile business and are fairly reliant on the Internet. We have done some homework
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Catamaran Guru Testimonial This testimonial is fairly special to us, not only because we consider the Allison family our friends, but also because they have done some tremendous work for us and our clients. We first met Craig when he refurbished our catamaran. He has since helped countless of our clients with both minor issues
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I always have some self-rising flour on board and certainly Stephen always has a good stock of beer, so this recipe is an easy go-to for quick, freshly baked bread. This recipe is a no-brainer and you can easily change the flavor of beer bread by using different beer or adding ingredients: Using a stout or
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Bobotie is a South African dish consisting of curry spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping. It is often served with Sambal, sliced banana, chutney and coconut shavings. This traditional bobotie is a mix of a few recipes, hints and advice. As with most great dishes everyone has their own special version but this one
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Things TO Do Before Calling The Charter Mechanic Let’s face it, things go wrong on boats and charter boats are no exception. You may charter a bareboat in perfect working order from the charter company, but eventually something may go wrong. Things like errant alarms, a water pump running non-stop, or an outboard engine cutting
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CruisingOutpost.com A Perspective On Life And Sailing In Cuba
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Cruising Outpost Issue 12 Six Things To Look For In A Cruising Catamaran
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UPDATE 2018: This awesome model has been replaced by the FP Elba 45. The Helia 44 is a very successful catamaran in the size range with more than 130 boats sold since the launch in 2012. However popular, Fountaine Pajot has introduced a range of improvements on the original design. Dimensions and specifications remain the
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Four of the most popular catamarans on the market today are Lagoon 450, Fountaine Pajot Helia 44, Bali 4.5 or Leopard 44. They are similar in length but there are significant differences between these catamarans in profile, styling, power to weight ratios, volume, and comfort. The fundamental question is: which catamaran is the best value and
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This is Part 2 of a great article on LED lights by our good friend and genius tech guy, Michael Blake at Palladium Technologies. What Constitutes A Good LED Fixture In my previous article I discussed the Facts and Myths of LED lights, which brings us to the stage of revealing the magic to selecting
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How To Qualify Your Yacht For Tax Advantages There is so much uncertainty about how a yacht can qualify as a small business and legitimately take tax deductions that will benefit you directly. The fact is that if you are a US tax payer and want to own your own yacht at a substantially reduced cost,
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NEW: Lagoon 450 SporTop – No Flybridge! Lagoon Catamarans announced two new models for Fall 2015. The enormously popular Lagoon 450 and 52 Flybridge versions are still available. But Lagoon acknowledged that they needed to fill a need in the market for a non-flybridge option like is available from their competitors with Fountaine Pajot’s Helia
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