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Letters From The Blue Water - First Sea Log - The Log Of The Yacht Barraveigh - Article One - Three guys, a 41-foot sailboat, and enough gear and equipment to wrap half way around the world ...three guys doing what most of us only dream about doing. It's the sort of adventure that makes me want to go off and do something similar. To just chuck it and ship out, into the blue water. ....the blue water ...in pursuit of amazing memories that last forever.
Letters From The Blue Water Part Two - The Log Of The Yacht Barraveigh from Caleto de Campos - Nexpa to the Bays of Huatulco - "This morning, I saw freshly caught swordfish on the beach and followed as a man dragged one to a rough wooden table. The Mexicans normally cut everything, beef or fish, into thin slices for frying...but if you go early, you can buy big fat chunks of fish before they slice them. Swordfish, dorado, snapper, and many smaller varieties I don't recognize. I bought a kilo (2.2 lbs) of fresh swordfish for five US dollars. I did the same thing two days ago in Puerto Escondido and simply seared it with garlic and onions...slightly pink inside...delicious...with curry rice and Mexican beer."
Letters From The Blue Water Part Three - Letters From The Blue Water - Picking up at the beginning of the second leg of an attempted circumnavigation of the world in the Yacht Barraveigh Follow the journey exclusively here in the Escape Artist Travel Magazine. - - "Late May found me in Quepos, and another nearby anchorage called Biesanz. I hopped between them and Manuel Antonio which is a beautiful park just around the point. Colin returned in June with his Italian girlfriend Claudia and the 3 of us sailed to Drake’s Bay, Isla Cano and then into the protected waters of Gulfito in the southern end of Costa Rica. If you’re in search of unspoiled Costa Rica, and think you may have missed your chance, you almost have, but if you hurry, you can find it here."
Sailing Around the World For Free - Sailing Around the World For Free - Around the world, large yachts are being built faster than bored people can leave their jobs to become qualified crew. Since there are more available boats than available crew, the average person with little or even no experience can get a free ride on a yacht, as long as they don’t look like an axe murderer. 14-Mar-07

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Article: Belize - Which Way To Heaven? - Belize - Which Way To Heaven? - By Robin Sparks - Through Hell, High Water, and a Hurricane: the story of one couple’s perilous journey from New England to Belize - "The 2500-mile journey symbolized for the couple the end of 20 years of dreaming and the beginning of a two-year trial run - Escape From America Magazine
Article: Devil's Island - Sailing From Brazil to French Guyana ~ By James Baldwin - Devil's Island - Sailing From Brazil to French Guyana ~ By James Baldwin -Devil's Island conjurs up all kinds of hellish thoughts. The French prison camp was opened at the end of the 19th century and closed by the middle of the 20th. During the years that it operated it was source of some of the most grusome survival stories ever. Wonder what it looks like today? Check out this article. 23-Mar-03
Live Offshore In A Luxury Yacht - Live Offshore In A Luxury Yacht - Some people labor at moving offshore and getting their second citizenship, while others ride it out in style. If you are the type of person who can’t decide which beach, harbor or nation that you like best, then having a luxury yacht is the option to consider. Whether it is a beach in the Caribbean, cruising the Mediterranean, the Pacific or the South American coast, a luxury yacht puts you there; and it puts you there in style. But why leave out the nightlife? How about Rio de Janeiro after dark? Monte Carlo? Sydney? Hong Kong? With a luxury yacht, you live in a palace, you have every imaginable luxury; but your front yard changes with with your whims - - whatever you whims. With today's ubiquitous internet connectivity, yacht design, and navigational software, this sort of lifestyle is a reality; and when your yacht is purchased and registered in Panama, you can actually have your cake and eat it too. Offshore Real Estate Quarterly Magazine
Living In Southeast Asia Aboard Your Own Boat - Living In Southeast Asia Aboard Your Own Boat - Sailing and living your life on the water is something many people dream about. The new towns and people as you pass by on your boat. The tropical islands to yourself and the fresh air and free lifestyle of the open sea. If sailing around the world is something you've thought about then take a look at some of the ideas the above article explores. Reading it is like sitting back and letting the cool sea breezes blow over you as the blue water and green islands pass you by. 07-Nov-03
Lifeboat A Story From Phuket, Thailand - Lifeboat A Story From Phuket, Thailand - In his pre-Phuket life Murray was a Wall street investment banker, with a designer label wife, an athletic sixteen-year-old son in prep school and an anorexic fourteen-year-old daughter in therapy. He was good at his job; the Reagan years were good to him, and by his fortieth birthday he was quite wealthy. On that day he drove his wife up to Newport to show her a birthday present he'd bought himself. It was a 51 foot Jeanneau yacht named Fixed Interest, and Murray said he was ready to retire and show his wife the world.
Launching a new life on the high seas: home aboard Eris Island - Launching a new life on the high seas: home aboard Eris Island - Now we live in an even more magical place called Eris Island, a 50-foot sloop. As I write, we're poised to set sail for the Bahamas, waiting for clear weather so we might embark on the Caribbean adventure we've been dreaming of & planning for. (IL)
Life on Eris Island, Setting sail at long last: glorious days in the Bahamas - Life on Eris Island, Setting sail at long last: glorious days in the Bahamas - Setting sail at long last: glorious days in the Bahamas - Marsh Harbour is a place that feels welcoming and safe. Unlike in Nassau and Freeport, there are no big-city bright lights, no fancy resorts or casinos, and, most important of all, no threat of violence.
Living On A Boat - One Woman's Transition To Living Onboard A Boat - Living On A Boat - One Woman's Transition To Living Onboard A Boat - By Jillian Simensky - The summers are filled with activity. The boatyard fills with seasonal boaters, friends we see only for those glorious months. Spending the weekends on the bay, or a trip to Fire Island instantly washes away the residue of the week's - Escape From America Magazine 06-May-00
No perfect vessel: What kind of boat makes a good home? - No perfect vessel: What kind of boat makes a good home? - They fantasized about buying a boat and sailing from island to island, traveling with no real schedule or deadlines, able to stay as long as they liked & leave whenever the urge struck them. Finally, they decided to do it. (IL)
ROUND THE WORLD IN ……….DAYS - ROUND THE WORLD IN ……….DAYS -
3 years ago now, the urge to travel again became overwhelming. We were doing particularly well in our adopted home, the small but picturesque town of Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand, with a beautiful B&B lodge, uccessful computer centre and my wife, Vickie's founding participation in a comedy theatre troupe. But we decided that the time had come for a change, definitely against our better judgment financially! So, the decision being made, we began the process of selling up all we owned and preparing to move on. The same had happened whilst we were living in Malaysia. We had spent 6 years building a solid financial base, I with a yachting Company and Vickie the head of an international school in Kuala Lumpur, when the wanderlust struck. 18-Mar-04
Sailing The Philippine Islands - Sailing The Philippine Islands In my profession in the aviation industry I have had several occasions to travel to foreign lands. By the year 2003, I was able to have an opportunity to work and live in Singapore; it is one of the cleanest countries in the world; and a model of economic stability and public policy. I have written a number of articles on living in Asia, most have appeared in monthly magazines or website newsletters. However, none of my previous travels and experiences come close to my time in the Philippines. 28-Sep-05
Article: The Sailing Life On The Río Dulce - The Sailing Life On The Río Dulce in Guatemala - The boating lifestyle is not for everyone. But for some, it’s the goal of a lifetime to sail into the sunset. Nautical dreamers often wind up at one time or another in Guatemala, whether to explore the beautiful Río Dulce area or to hide out from storms during hurricane season. - 29-May-00
Article: Wandering the European Canals & Rivers - Wandering the European Canals & Rivers - We eventually approached Paris from the west and made our way up the River Seine past the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, under countless bridges, amidst heavy barge traffic to the marina at the Bastille. The trip from Amsterdam to Paris had taken us just under 7 weeks of leisure travel. The Bastille marina has a convenient location in the heart of Paris and costs about $US28/day. After a two week stay in Paris, my daughter & girlfriend left for the States. I continued on south for more than another month finally arriving the end of Sept. at a marina in the village of St. Jean de Losne, just south of Dijon. - Escape From America Magazine
Article: Wandering the European Canals & Rivers - Part Two - The Crossing - Wandering the European Canals & Rivers - Part Two - The Crossing -

Live In Cuba - Year 'round or Part Time

Live In Cuba - Cuba is absolutely beautiful . . . Cuba has great yacht basins, great food, cigars, rum and entertainment. Start living your life as if it belonged to you. It is your life. You can live it the way you want to in Cuba and still travel the rest of the world on an airline that doesn't broadcast your personal affairs to those who would opppress you. The world has changed; learn how to utilize those changes, or give up the idea of a worthwhile future. The world has changed and so has Cuba. Get the facts!

Caribbean Property & Lifestyles Magazine

Do you want to live the yachting & Island life? Then take a quick look at the new online version of our Caribbean Property & Lifestyles Magazine - All about Living, Working & Investing in the Caribbean! Subscribe now - FREE! - Our Magazine provides features and articles on how to "up-sticks" and move on down to the blue water tropics and relax under a palm tree. Information on retirement possibilities, buying property, Caribbean lifestyles, job opportunities, investing, Caribbean culture, classifieds and the Caribbean Marketplace. Our stories of successes and failures are told by those who have made that lifestyle change and moved to the Caribbean themselves. Live the Dream!

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Resources On Barges & Watercrafts

A Home Afloat - A Home Afloat: Living Aboard Vessels of All Shapes and Sizes - A book about living afloat in all corners of the world. This hardbound book takes a peek through the portholes of some great floating homes. Each featured home tells the owner's story in words and pictures. Inside you will find homes based on historic ex-commercial cargo barges (both sailing and motor), narrowboats, tugs, sailing yachts, motor yachts, purpose built houseboats, a floating log cabin and a look at concept dwellings of the future.
Barge Beautiful – Enjoy Owning & Living-Aboard one of the best built Dutch barges in Europe. The cost-effective ‘Silver Sisters’ range of Luxemotors are highly developed, guaranteeing a pleasurable ‘no compromise’ lifestyle with minimal maintenance costs and lost time. Built to your final preference from marine grade aluminium, a Silver Sister maintains its beauty and value throughout your one or one-hundred years of ownership. Explore the jewels of Europe and the Mediterranean in a Barge beautifully built for the trip.
Boats & Barges For Sale - Dutch Barge Association - Boats & Barges For Sale - Dutch Barge Association - The DBA is open to anybody with or without boat or barge and welcomes people who share an interest in living afloat, cruising, converting, cruising or just relaxing aboard big old motor or sailing boats.
Boats & Barges For Sale - Dutch Barges - Boats & Barges For Sale - Dutch Barges - Inter-Ocean specialises in brokerage of the traditional Dutch barges, like Tjalks, Luxe motors and Klippers suitable for cruising and live-aboard in sizes from 15 - 40 meter. You can have our Free Brochure of "Buying a Barge" by Internet but first have a look at our Frequently Asked Questions. See also our list of barges on the list of current supply or in Boats and Planes. If you are looking for a place to stay in Holland we can arrange for a Bed and Breakfast for two persons on a real Dutch Barge in Amsterdam. -
Boats for Sale - Boats for Sale -Boats for sale in the U.K.
Bourgogne Marine - Dutch barges for sale - Bourgogne Marine - Dutch barges for sale - Bourgogne Marine - Dutch barges and river boats for sale (Luxemotor, Tjalk, Klipper, Aak etc.). We also offer moorings, and all kind of work as repairs, conversions etc.
British Waterways Official Website - British Waterways Official Website - British Waterways is the public body responsible for maintaining and developing the waterways and their heritage for everyone to enjoy - The site contains brochures, maps, books, free leaflets, National Waterways Museum Guide, and links to related websites.
Canal and Riverboat Magazine - Canal and Riverboat Magazine - From the U.K. this magazine has wide range of resources for canal and and river crusing - Lot's of past articles are posted to site - lot's of good material and resources.
Canalia - Canalia - An online magazine dedicated to Britain's historic canals and waterways. Plenty of resources here! See their page on Canal & Boating Publications for a fine list of magazine on canals.
Canal Junction - Canal Junction - Canal guide and canal business directory - canal maps, canal history, canal culture, canal engineering, canal museums, canal folk art, hotel boats, boatyards and marinas, canal boatbuilders and boat hire firms.
Canaux.info - Canaux.info - My wife, Maryanne & I are retired and have cruised extensively on the french canals over a period of five years, spending all year on board. We are renting out our barge to qualified crews on a "self drive" basis whilst we restore a canal side property we purchased about three years ago. We are well known within the canaling community as many barges moor up at...
Chouette Barging Holidays - Chouette Barging Holidays - Cruise the canals of Burgundy, France. Beautifully appointed owner operated 100 foot hotel barge with stunning lines, providing all the comforts of a floating country inn. Exceptional prices. Cruise options available: unique "Self-Catered Charters" and our increasingly popular all inclusive full and half board "Dine-Around Cru.
Continental Waterways - Continental Waterways - Barging in France
De Valk Yachtbrokers - De Valk Yachtbrokers - As the oldest yacht brokerage in the Netherlands, our experience at mediation is unrivalled, our range of know-how without parallel. At the Valk however we recognise that maintaining such a first class reputation requires more than just past achievements and fine words. Yacht brokerage is a people-oriented business and a dedication to enchaning the quality of services to our customers remains a constant priority.
De Vrouwe Alida - De Vrouwe Alida - De Vrouwe Alida is a classic Dutch sailing barge exploring England's fen rivers Cam and Great Ouse between Cambridge and the Cathedral City of Ely. Alida charters year-round for cruising, B&B accommodation, hospitality, retreats, research and education
Drifters Leisure - Drifters Leisure - Narrowboat holidays on Britain's inland waterways.
EuroCanals: Cruising the Canals & Rivers of Europe - EuroCanals: Cruising the Canals & Rivers of Europe - Cruising the CANALS & RIVERS of Europe is both a newsletter and a comprehensive website that are up-to-the-minute and are continuously updated to provide you with a complete resource for boat rental bases, barge operators, booking agencies, barge brokers/surveyors/boatyards, canal & river guides and status reports, hotels, restaurants and sightseeing.Reporting on the waterways of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
European Waterways - [Book] - European Waterways - [Book] - Anyone who admits to a sense of confusion when confronted with the bewildering array of European waterway signs, symbols, rules and regulations will find this book a blessing. Contents include ideal ports of entry, waterway signs and symbols, European rules and regulations, permits and documents, mooring and cruising equipment and much more.
European Waterways Website - European Waterways Website - More than a dozen Hotel Barges gently cruise through the legendary countryside's of France, England, Holland and Ireland, on journeys that touch the soul of Europe. These carefully restored vintage vessels, carrying the amenities of country hotels, glide through quiet villages and past ancient abbeys and grand chateaus. Passengers may view and visit the splendid landscapes of royal vineyards and Medieval battlefields. The history and legends of the countryside are revealed with each passing penuche and turn of the canal.
Floating B&B Accommodation on the Isle of Wight - Floating B&B Accommodation on the Isle of Wight - If you go to this site and look at the pictures you'll be amazed.
France by Boat - France by Boat - Boat trip on the French canals - choose your own route, plan your change of scene.
George's: Canal Boating in the U.K. and Europe - George's: Canal Boating in the U.K. and Europe - Don't miss this site - George Pearson is obviously someone who lives the life.
Göta Canal - Göta Canal - Sweden's longest canal, the Göta Canal forms a continuous waterway through the middle of Sweden.
H2O Barge - H2O Barge - This site has some great photos! "H2O is the name of our business that we started in France in 1987 in order to use our many years of experience in the hotel barge and canal rental-boat world on the French canals."
Insight Guide Waterways of Europe [Book] - Insight Guide Waterways of Europe [Book] - Insight Guides are simply the best. Good photographs, well written text.
Julie and Stefan's De Jelte - Julie and Stefan's De Jelte - Great photos. Looking at them makes you want to pack your bags and go find a barge to buy.
Jurjen Heeck - Jurjen Heeck - A home page of a barge owner - The page has an English and Nederlandse section..

Living on a converted barge in France - Living on a converted barge in France - An abolutely fantastic website. The adventures of Bill, Nancy & Toby on a barge in Europe. "We are currently living in France aboard the very first boat that we have ever owned, a converted 22 meter Dutch barge named "Eclaircie". Our web site is designed as a postcard home to keep you up to date on our adventures. We are learning how to navigate the inland waterways of Europe and how to live on and maintain a boat. Our home port, where we spend our winters, is in Roanne, a small city in the middle of France, not to far from Lyon. In addition to learning all about boats, we are trying to learn a new language and to understand a new culture. This makes life challenging at times but always interesting and we hope to share some of our stories with you through our monthly updates."
Living the Dream aboard OO-LA-LA - Living the Dream aboard OO-LA-LA - Living the Dream aboard OO-LA-LA cruising the canals of England and Europe.
River Thames and boaty things - River Thames and boaty things - A site devoted to the River Thames particularly from the boaters' viewpoint. It covers various aspects of the river from source to the sea and places of interest along it.
Thames Barge Sailing Club - Thames Barge Sailing Club - A barge club on the Thames - The Thames Sailing Barge was the main form of cargo transport on the East Coast for over two hundred years.
The Barge Connection - Canal and River Barging - The Barge Connection - Canal and River Barging - A Classic European Cruising Experience.
The Falkirk Wheel & Millennium LinkCanals - The Falkirk Wheel & Millennium LinkCanals - This site provides an information resource on the Falkirk Wheel boatlift connecting the Union and Forth & Clyde Canals in central Scotland. Includes accommodation, restaurants, boating, cycling, walking, fishing, local history and heritage.
The Leaky Iron Boat [Book] - The Leaky Iron Boat [Book] - Nursing an Old Barge Through Holland, Belgium, & France.
TradBoat - The Traditional Boat Site - TradBoat - The Traditional Boat Site - In addtion to barges, Traditional & Classic Sailing Craft, Gaffers and Racing Classics Post War Sailing Craft and Boats of the 50s and Sixties Power and Sail, from Electric Canoes to J Class Yachts
UK Inland Waterways Links - UK Inland Waterways Links - "This list of (predominantly) UK Inland Waterways links has been painstakingly compiled over a number of years. I hope you find it of use or interest! I try to keep the links up to date and weed out the dead ones, but you know how it is! Caveat Emptor!"
Vardy Bros. - Vardy Bros. - Builders of Steel Dutch Barges and Narrowboats, a complete service from design to final fit.
Virginia Currer Marine - Virginia Currer Marine - Marine Brokers who specialise in the sale of second hand and new steel narrowboats, widebeam craft and Dutch barges for use on the Inland Waterways of Great Britain and Europe. Located in Berkshire, England
Welcome to the Leven is Strijd - Welcome to the Leven is Strijd - 1928 Dutch Barge moored in London Docklands available for private hire. The barge has won two Good Food Awards and has been in operation for 16 years.

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