Everybody on the Trail: A Guide to Adaptive Outdoor Gear by Activity
Adaptive equipment is available for more people across more outdoor sports than ever. Here’s a quick overview of different ways people with disabilities are getting outside with the adaptive gear that helps make it happen. Nature and the outdoors is everyone’s adventure playground!
23 Items to Take On Your First Bareboat Sailing Charter
Our packing list for your first bareboat charter in tropical waters — the small comfort, sun, hydration, and rainy-day items that save money and luggage space and make a week (or more) aboard far more enjoyable.
(Podcast) Season 3, Episode 7 - Adult Weekend Adventures (The Kids Will Be Ok)
Sometimes the adults need to get away and play, too. Kids, it’s time to stay with the grandparents or buddy-sitter… Mom and Dad need to have some reconnection time - it’s healthy for everyone.
(Podcast) Key West’s Wacky History: Tales of the Conch Republic and Sailing into the Sunset
Season 2, Episode 11: the wacky tale of the Conch Republic’s 1982 “war,” then our final overnight passage of the season — sailing home to Punta Gorda and hauling Moon Dragon out for hurricane season.
(Podcast) Hanging in the Wind on Stock Island, Key West, Florida
Season 2, Episode 10: while leak repairs keep us dockside on Stock Island near Key West, we dig into local food, botanical gardens, a zoo, and the Dude’s first snorkel.
(Podcast) Sink into Key West: Highlights in Paradise
Season 2, Episode 9: we find paradise at Ocean’s Edge on Stock Island — then the boat starts (slowly) sinking. Repairs, Key West history, and exploring the Key West Aquarium with the Dude.
(Podcast) Sailing Overnight from Fort Myers to Key West, Florida
Season 2, Episode 8: an offshore overnight passage from Fort Myers to Key West — our full voyage-planning process, from weather and routing to standing watch and seasickness, plus a little pirate history.
(Podcast) Fun Sailing with Family in Florida: St. James, Pine Island, Fort Myers Beach
Season 2, Episode 7: family sailing down Florida’s west coast — interviews with family, a boat-up restaurant with a pup menu on Pine Island, and Cristen’s birthday spa day at the Pink Shell on Fort Myers Beach.
(Podcast) Misadventures in Florida Sailing: When the Boat Bumps its Way to Anna Maria Island, Venice, and Boca Grande Pass
Season 2, Episode 6: we bump the bottom off Egmont Key, anchor at Anna Maria Island, dine in Venice, and pick our way into Cayo Costa — plus a fussy forward head at the worst possible moment.
(Podcast) Exploring St Pete Beach & Tampa Bay, FL, on a Sailboat
Season 2, Episode 5: sailing the big city of St. Pete Beach and Tampa Bay — pirates, Treasure Beach, the Gasparilla festival, coastal cruising with friend Lisa, and a nervy run to Egmont Key.
(Podcast) Florida Gulf Coast Sailing: Gasparilla, Cayo Costa, Charlotte Harbor, Egmont Key
Season 2, Episode 4: sails up on Florida’s Gulf Coast — out of Charlotte Harbor past Gasparilla and Cayo Costa, dinner at Venice’s Crow’s Nest, and anchoring behind historic Egmont Key.
(Podcast) Launching a Sailboat, a Woman, and an Adventure: Look Out Florida!
Cristen goes into the drink at the dock, dolphins save the day, and Moon Dragon spends her first nights at Burnt Store Marina and anchored on Florida’s Gulf Coast — plus guest Rachael Dunville.
(Podcast) Going Overboard: Boat Projects, Leaving Dock, & Cristen Loses It!
Season 2, Episode 2: life after buying a boat — upgrade lists, assessing sails, going up the mast, and the boat projects that never end, with shout-outs to Sail Life, SailRite, and Highfield.
(Podcast) From RV Life to Sailing: Have We Gone Crazy?
Season 2, Episode 1: from RV life to sailing — going from landlubbers to owners of a classic 1975 Wellington 47 ketch, learning to sail, and navigating the sailboat-buying journey.