So You Want To Go Cruising?

Don't Leave Home Without Knowing Stuff. It'll Make Life Easier.

Things you should know
Sailing Regattas you should know about
How Much Does It Cost

Cruiser Stuff

Description	Option A	Option B	Option C
Routing Software	Garmin Mapsource	Nobeltec Charting Software	Furuno MaxSea
International Medical Transportation	Divers Alert Network	TBD	TBD
Tides & Current Prediction	Nobeltec Tides & Currents	Garmin BlueChart	JTides
Weather prediction	buoyweather.com	NOAA Weather	nrlmry.navy.mil
More Weather	NOAA Offshore Buoys	Generic Weather	TBD
General Interest Websites	Noonsite	Active Captain	TBD
Diesel Engine	Troubleshooting Marine Diesels	TBD	TBD
Mexican Cruising Guides	Charlies Charts: West Coast of Mexico	Rains Mexico Boating Guide	Latitude 38 1st Timer's Guide
Caribean Cruising Guides	The Windward Islands: Martinique to Grenada	The Leeward Islands	Trinidad and Tobago Plus Barbados and Guyana
US ICW Cruising Guides	ICW Chartbook, Norfolk to Miami	Guide to Cruising Chesapeake Bay	TBD
Position Reporting	YOTREPS	HAM Equivalent	TBD

Sailing Regattas You Should Know About

Regatta Name	When	To/From	Sponsor
Pacific Cup	Late June / mid July ( even years )	Kaneohe YC (HI) / San Francisco Bay (CA)	Kaneohe YC and Paciic Cup YC
Trans Pac	Late June / mid July ( odd years )	Honolulu (HI) / Los Angeles CA	TransPacific YC
Banderas Bay Regatta	Early to mid March	Banderas Bay Mexico	Vallarta YC
Baja Ha Ha	Late October start	San Diego (CA) / Cabo San Lucas (Mexico)	Latitude 38
Zihuatanejo Sail Fest	Early February	Bahia De Zihuatanejo (Mexico)	Several
Atlantic Rally for Cruisers	Early July	Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) / St Lucia (Caribbean)	World Cruising Club
Vallarta Race	Mid to Late February	San Diego (CA) to Paradise Village (Mexico)	San Diego YC and Paradise Village Resort

The Cost Of Cruising
In order of Importance

What It Is	The Cost	In Yankee Dollar$
The Boat	Your choice	If you want to go, you'll find a way
My Expenses	tolerable	approximately $3k/month

Click on the Format of Your Choice to See 10 Years Worth of Expenses

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Sailors Myth # 13: The banana is the sailor's favorite food.

Myth Buster # 13: That's only because when you are afflicted by mal de mar, bananas taste the same coming up as they do going down.

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