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Showing posts with label s/v Zero To Cruising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label s/v Zero To Cruising. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

A positive outcome and new skills!

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Mike and Rebecca, living aboard s/v Zero to Cruising ... No wait!  ZTC is for sale! And Mike and Rebecca now live and cruise on s/v Frost...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Dual Purpose

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On any boat, even one as large as a Lagoon 46 catamaran, space is a limited and valuable commodity.  Wherever it is possible to make one thi...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Dry Bilge

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Mike and Rebecca on s/v One Love really want a dry bilge.  And air conditioning a boat in the tropics was working against that goal.  I am...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

No more searching for the hidden hot sauce

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Does your boat have deep shelving which makes the things in the back all-but inaccessible? Ours does, and I will assume yours does too. Mi...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Not all projects have to be huge to be worthwhile

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If you have been following Mike and Rebecca's blog , you will know that they have moved aboard s/v One Love , a Leopard 4600 catamaran, ...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

The King of Knots

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Do you know how to tie a bowline? Good. How many ways? Oh, there is more than one way? Yes indeedy, and Mike on s/v Zero to Cruising ...
Friday, July 12, 2013

The right dipstick?

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Mike and Rebecca of s/v Zero to Cruising are soon to move aboard a much larger boat - a Leopard 4600. This boat has a pair of diesel engin...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Don’t drop that nut!

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Over on s/v Zero to Cruising , Mike has a new take on an old mechanic's trick - how to keep a fastener attached (temporarily!) to a too...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013

You have got to be kidding

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Does your boat have solid tubing all the way from the bow to the stern? Then perhaps this post is not for you.  But if instead you have ac...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

A valuable tool on a boat

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Mike and Rebecca on s/v Zero To Cruising (aka ZTC ) have a recommendation for a tool you should have onboard.  This is a significant impro...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

A better spice solution?

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Mike and Rebecca on s/v Zero to Cruising have a suggestion for spice stowage that just might catch on... Even though I have already devo...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Battling clutter

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Mike and Rebecca aboard s/v Zero to Cruising tackle clutter in a way that puts reading materials that are needed to hand out of the way, an...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Folding draining

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Isn't this a cool idea?  If your galley is arranged such that it would work, how about a folding dish draining station?  Mike and Rebec...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Dual dinghy tips

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For full-time cruisers, the dinghy is the family car.   Mike and Rebecca, living full-time aboard s/v Zero to Cruising in the Caribbean hav...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

How do you know that it’s full?

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On s/v Zero to Cruising , Mike talks about a way to know if your propane vendor has been giving you full measure... Do you know how to tell...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Night site

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Mike and Rebecca on s/v Zero to Cruising have found a neat little LED nav light for your dinghy. Using this, or something like it, is a go...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Bridle elimination

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Mike and Rebecca on s/v Zero to Cruising have found that eliminating the bridle at the dinghy stern allows it to be hoisted a lot higher (a...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Caveat emptor

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Everybody knows that application of label "Marine" to something seems to mean that you can double the price.  Now, there are item...