Category Archives: Sailing

Location Independent

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling I’m not a Facebook power user but still, lately, I haven’t much liked going to the site ever since they changed the design (again!) and now the About section on the upper left side of the page … Continue reading →

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Is it Time?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Mike Jastrzebski

By Mike Jastrzebski As we sit here in Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas Mary and I have been wondering if it’s time to give up the cruising lifestyle. On September 2nd of this year we will have been living aboard … Continue reading →

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From a small boat in a small world

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling Imagine how vast the earth must have seemed to the 18 men from Magellan’s Expedition who completed the first circumnavigation in 1522 by arriving in Seville almost exactly 3 years after they departed. Over 200 men died … Continue reading →

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Boats chart my course

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling Last week I wrote about trying to find a new boat name for my character’s boat. I had suggestions in the blog comments, on Facebook and via email, but I haven’t made a decision yet on what … Continue reading →

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Name that boat!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling Boat names — ugh. I’ve been listening to them all day long on the VHF radio since channel 68 is the cruiser’s network here in the Abacos and it’s like an open party line of gossip, and some … Continue reading →

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Bahamian lunacy

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling I’ve been feeling twitchy all day. You know those days when you just cannot get comfortable and your brain is unable to focus? Those days when you’re unaccountably sleepy, and you just want to curl up with … Continue reading →

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Just how good people are

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling As an author of crime fiction, I spend lots of time making up stories where people do horrible things to each other.  But one of the best things about fiction is that I get to make the … Continue reading →

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Welcome guest blogger Darcy Scott

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Christine Kling

  Christine: I am thrilled to share with you today another “writer on the water” Darcy Scott, who has taken her experience of many years’ cruising to write this delightful crime fiction series set in the waters off Maine. I’ll … Continue reading →

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Writing is hard work

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling I’ve been posting pictures on Facebook similar to the one above of me and my dog walking on the beaches of beautiful Man O War Cay in the Bahamas and some folks have been writing about what … Continue reading →

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There’s always a better way

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling And I guarantee you that if you are a female solo skipper traveling around with the Yorkshire Terror, somebody is always going to stop to tell you about it. The other evening I was doing my laundry … Continue reading →

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