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Our move towards living on a boat probably gained momentum 9 years ago, when we moved to Cairns and our boys had grown up and left home. If we were to be serious about this, it was time to make decisions that would lead us here. So we worked our butts off both as employees, in our own businesses and buying, renovating and selling houses.
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Nothing will replace a paper chart. The charm of plotted courses, contemporaneous notes and calculations all make a well-used paper chart a thing of beauty. Saying this, eMaps are a bit easier to handle, zoom in and out, and they look as new now as the day you bought them…
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Rule 18.4
Rule 18.4 is all about the leeward mark and boats sailing their proper course. This means not sailing further from the mark than is required…
Rule 18.3
Rule 18.3 is all about safely rounding the windward mark where one boat is on port and the other on starboard leaving the mark on port…
Rule 18
A general introduction to Rule 18, where it fits into the bigger picture, its relationship with Rule 43, the meaning of mark-room and room and the concept of lanes…
Rule 18.2
Rule 18.2 is all about giving mark-room. The rule is in place because traffic around a mark can be hectic. Rule 18.2 gives specific rights and obligations to certain boats…
Rule 18.1
Rule 18.1 is a rule that states when rule 18 applies and then list some scenarios where Rule 18 expressly does not applies. Prior to this, Section C also offers us…
Sailing and maritime superstitions on boats and ships
Sailing superstitions As far as we can look back in history, sailing and maritime superstitions on boats and ships have always been prevalent. Why? Because