Trivia & Fun Facts
Trivia: A History of Grog
From the earliest days of sail, men (and sailor girls) have had need of liquid during voyages. The most readily available were water and beer.
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Cuban Rum Cake
Cake de Ron I often use recipes for Cuban food from The Three Guys. Their food is authentic Cuban and Spanish and they are a
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Catamaran Charter Business Success Story: FTMCharters
Mike & Micheale bought this beautiful Voyage 500, “Feel the Magic” with Catamaran Guru as their representatives this summer to do crewed charter in the BVI.
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A Sail of Two Idiots
I want to take the opportunity to mention the recent launch of Renee Petrillo’s book called “A Sail of Two Idiots”. Mike and Renee bought
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Trivia & Fun Facts
Boat Names: Is It Really That Important?
A boat is not just a boat to a “true-blue cruiser”. It’s our home, our life, our “escape pod” and we feel very attached to
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Why are Boats Named after Women?
Outremer Catamaran For centuries, mankind has braved the ocean in an effort to explore the wide-open spaces of the world. Boating is now more of
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Guru Causes
Please, rethink Plastic!
Say “No” To Plastic Our oceans and its wildlife are suffering because of the choices we make as consumers. Join Catamaran Guru in saying no
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Trivia & Fun Facts
What is Scurvy and How Do I Not Get It?
Scurvy is a deficiency that is caused by a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in a person’s diet. Vitamin C is essential for the
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Sustainable Travel Tips
Travel Sustainably As a traveler, you can do a lot to help ensure that tourism remains a positive experience for travelers and hosts alike. The
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Guru Recipes
Mushroom Pesto
I rarely cook with mushrooms because Stephen hates them. But a few months ago, Don and Lynda, our previous seaschool students turned full-time cruisers, visited
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Middle Eastern Fish with Tahini (Samak bi Tahini)
This is one of our favorite fish dishes. When we visited Junieh, Lebanon, in 1993 on our boat called ‘Royal Salute’ we fell in love
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Prawns in Beer and Peri-Peri Sauce
I love this dish! It’s flavorful, quick, easy and the spicy peri-peri sauce gives this dish that little extra umph. The Portuguese who emigrated to
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Cruising Stories
Happy Independence Day!
Like many other Americans here in Florida we will be on our boat “Zuri” today, celebrating 4th of July, enjoying a great barbecue and watching
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Sailing School Plonker Updates
A Quick Shift to Living Aboard Last year we featured the story of how George and Sarah found the boat of their dreams for retirement.
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Sailing School Plonkers Of The Month: Awe-Spray
Don and Lynda were our second set of sea school students in 1996 on the island of Sint Maarten. We were still quite green in
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Sailing School Plonkers of the Month: Mirador
George & Sarah on their catamaran ‘Mirador‘ are two of our more adventurous Plonkers. Getting to know them over the years, we learned that even
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Bread Making on Board
My Mom’s Bread Recipe With Variations: Focaccia and Pizza I grew up on a farm on the northwestern border of South Africa in a remote
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Sailing School Plonkers Of The Month: Simplicity
This is the story about our “Plonkers of the Month”, David and Peggy King and their boat “Simplicity”. We are immensely proud of them for taking
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