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The Blue Book of Boats              
If you have a sailing travel blog or knows of a travel blog that you enjoyed, please email us at info@bluebookofboats.com
We are mainly interested in small ship cruising adventures, learn to sail and flotilla holidays.

YACHTING BLOGS

VIC MAUI 2010
DELICATE BALANCE Blog - Vic Maui 2010 Race
Follow the dramatic adventures of the Delicate Balance Team at the Vic Maui 2010 Race - after 3 days into the race, encountering gale force winds and engine failure, 5 sailors decided to initialize self-rescue and travelled 400 miles into San Francisco Bay.

ALASKA
Voyage of Zulu  Alaska 2008
Marilyn and Russ from Bellingham, Washington cruised the  Inside Passage to Alaska on their custom aluminuum sailboat Gibbons 45.

Blog of the Kalema
Alaska 2006
Join Frank and Zsa as they travelled the Inside Passage from Newport, Oregon to Alaska.

Skylark II  Cliff and Orma's Alaska  Adventure
Alaska 2008  Enjoy the stories from Cliff and Orma as they travelled the Inside Passage from Deep Cove, in North Vancouver to Alaska in a Seabird 37 sailboat.

Winter Cruising Aboard Skookumchuck
"Alaska Style"

Join Ted Mattson in his Alaska winter cruising adventure aboard the sailboat"Skookumchuck"

Tangleberry  Alaska Adventure Summer  2008
Read the Journal of Grahame and Shirley's  summer sailing trip  on a Hanse 371 along the BC Inside Passage to Alaska.  Short but delightful accounts of visits to Alert Bay, Sointula, Klemtu, Hartley Bay, Prince Rupert, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg.....
Anchorages, Villages and Marinas along the BC Inside Passage to Alaska
[False Creek]   [Bowen Island]   [Howe Sound]  [Pender Harbor] 
[Sunshine Coast]     [Desolation Sound]     [Stuart Island]  
[Blind Channel Marina Resort]   [Lagoon Cove Marina]   [Oleo's]
[Broughton Islands]  [Discovey Islands]   [Port McNeil]    [Alert Bay]   [Sointula]  [Ocean Falls]    [Eucott Bay]    [Klemtu]    [Bishop Bay]    [Hartley Bay]     [Prince Rupert]   [Khutzeymateen Bear Santuary]     [Cape Caution]    [Ketchikan]     [Meyerschuck]     [New Metlakatla]  [Thorne Bay]   [Wrangell]   [Petersburg]  
 
MEDITERRANEAN/EUROPE

S/Y Thetis Mediterranean Travel Log

Follow the adventures of S/Y Thetis travelling the Greek and Turkish waters and further into Malta and Sardinia, Italy, Gibraltar and Turkey......
 
MEXICO/SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA

Voyages of the Sea Trek
Chuck & Susan travelled for 17 years on their Mariner 40 Sailing Ketch. Based out of Chesapeake, they travelled to Fllorida, Houston, Mexico, South and Central America. Very detailed account with plenty of tips. Well-written.

Sailing adventure aboard the 75 ft. Picante Catamaran
One-day charter off Puerto Mio Marina Resort on the 74 foot Picante Catamaran Sunset Cruise at Zhihuatanejo Bay, Mexico
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC
   

CARIBBEAN

Skylark II  Cliff / Orma's  Carribean  2006 Adventure
Follow the adventures of Cliff and Orma as they sailed in the Carribean Islands and up the Intracoastal Waterways till they reached Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, where they prepare their boat Skylark II for trucking back to Vancouver, BC.

Canada/USA
The Boat Galley  Carolyn Shearlock is a former cruiser and owner of Que Tal, a Tayana 37. With her husband, she spent 6 years living aboard full time while cruising the Pacific coast of Mexico, the Sea of Cortez and Central America. While cruising, she wrote a number of articles for Cruising World, Blue Water Sailing, Latitude 38 and Latitudes and Attitudes. She has just begun a blog devoted to galley tips and solving common problems faced by cruising cooks, based on her own experiences while cruising. Called "The Boat Galley," it contains in-depth articles featuring practical galley tips, insights and equipment recommendations. It’s totally free and there are several new articles each week.

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