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Old 13-02-2007, 14:36   #1
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Great Websites / Blogs / Logs

As I slave away saving and dreaming, one of my favorite ways to waste time and depress myself is to read the online logs and websites of cruisers out there living it.

The problem is I have exhausted the few I know about and though I have searched and found others digging real gems out of the moutain can be tough.

So, how about lets get a thread together for folks out there cruising to post links to their website and to post links to their favorite cruisers websites.

I am particularly interested in families cruising with kids on extended voyages. I have read the Martin family website and the Hacking families great site, what others am I missing????

Thanks for posting links!


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Old 13-02-2007, 14:46   #2
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TheFlyingPigLog : Morgan 461 Hull #2, Flying Pig

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Old 13-02-2007, 14:58   #3
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Endless Summer

Magic Happens

2007 Kimberley Cruising Site

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The Coastal Passage Home Page



Better stop there, way to many

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Terry - why don't you list the logs you've enjoyed. Here's a few I keep an eye on from time to time :

BoatUS.com Cruising Log
Sailing Vessel Billabong Home Page
Welcome to s/v Sereia

A very informative site ....

Hacking Family Home

And .... just in case there's someone who hasn't heard of these guys ...

bumfuzzle.com
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Terry - why don't you list the logs you've enjoyed. Here's a few I keep an eye on from time to time :

BoatUS.com Cruising Log
Sailing Vessel Billabong Home Page
Welcome to s/v Sereia

A very informative site ....

Hacking Family Home

And .... just in case there's someone who hasn't heard of these guys ...

bumfuzzle.com
Now there it is in real print(sort of)Who hasn't heard.SV Billabong have with all intent visited Australia.If only the Bums did that with every place THEY visited,maybe they would have had content.The 2nd explanation of "Billabong"Was indeed correct.I put these folks on fav's cause they are "real" cool.Love the site,love the presentation and deffinately hope they lapp up everything that any country offers them.Mudnut.
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Guide to Sailing and Cruising Stories - Voyage Logs

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Old 14-02-2007, 04:01   #7
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I've also enjoyed looking at Geoff Schultz's (on this board) logs

Geoff Schultz's BlueJacket Sailing Site

In particular, I like the Google Earth view.
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Old 14-02-2007, 08:05   #8
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CRUISING YACHTS SITERING
The cruising yachts around the world are rafting up together to form this ring - a collection of cruising yacht websites and narratives of sailing passages connected together in one anchorage on the web to make it easier for visitors to find one and all. ONLY sites filling the above criteria are accepted into this ring, ie. Non commercial CRUISING YACHT websites with a story to tell with narratives and logs.
Goto: www.bravenet.com


Including:
Yacht Watermelon with Jeanne and Peter Pockel cruising the tropics.

and many more ...
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Thanks guys, lots of good info. The Billabong site is just fantastic, enough to keep me enthralled for weeks no doubt.

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Ah yes, S.V.Watermelon

Yacht Watermelon with Jeanne and Peter Pockel cruising the tropics.

Now M.V.Watermelon

MV WATERMELON

Another yachtie who has progressed to a powercat.

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Hi Terry,
We're also allied with sitering and there are lots of good blogs there.
If you go to any page on our blog - drop to the bottom - and you'll see the link you can use to jump through to other cruising blogs.
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We're on Bravenet as well

Our site is with Bravenet as well, but I wasn't aware that it was just for sailors. Anyway it is a great web hosting outfit and has many things to offer for very little in the way of dollars. Unfortunatly we have been spending Cordobas here in Nicaragua while helping a friend deliver his boat to Costa Rica.
Our website has a journal section that is pretty up to date on this trip. If you go back in the journal section there is our list of still to get items even though this trip has put some of those by the way side. Who needs a hot water heater when the ambient temp in the winter is 89degrees. There is a picture section, current equipment list, boat specs, past trip page(that is not very up to date sorry), and an advertisers page that includes some of the people that we have run into on this trip.
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Our blog

Hey,
We have a blog you might be interested in. We're three recently graduated college students who made a good deal of money playing poker and decided to buy a boat and sail around for an undetermined amount of time. We spent almost no time preparing and we had experience levels ranging from zero to extremely little. Somehow, we're alive and well in the Caribbean. Hopefully, you can laugh with and at us. Check it out.
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