Cruising gadgets, knowledge, and ideas for the cruising sailor
Spot, portable SSB radio, wifi amplifier and so forth
Managing the Mail When Out Cruising This is a way to see what mail is being delivered to your home while you are gone. The post office sends you a picture of each envelope being delivered. They do this every day. While cruising in the Bahamas for a few months we received a letter from the IRS. It began, “you
» Read moreIf you are thinking about going cruising in the Bahamas or Caribbean you may want to have a Single Sideband radio aboard. This would allow you to listen to radio nets and broadcasts for weather. I would also allow you to talk to other boats further away than VHF range of about 25 miles. If you pair the radio up
» Read moreWi-Fi Booster- We use a small, inexpensive 1 watt booster to better our wi-fi reception in anchorages. The one we use is made by Alfa, and cost less than $30. It works well, and frees us of trips to shore to the local “hot spot” to do email. Often we can tune into a free hot spot at a nearby
» Read moreYou will find it very useful to have a boat card. Most cruisers out there have these. You will meet so many new people, and you’ll want to recall their names, and their boat names. This is how we all do it. We keep a stack of cards rubber banded together in our nav station. We met one gal who
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