The sailing world is so full of jargon and even salty seadogs will look at you like you’ve got a third eye when you don’t know the accurate terminology (How dare you ask what reefing means – you shouldn’t be a sailor if you don’t know that)!

Looking back, what we needed was to be able to send an email or pick up the phone and call someone.

Sometimes our questions were broad like: What size boat would be best for our family and budget? Where do I start when it comes to homeschooling? How much does it cost to keep the boat going on a monthly basis? As time went on, our questions became more specific like: How do we save money by servicing our engines/motors ourselves? How do we clean our fresh water tank? Does our passage plan from A to B make sense? Is this sailing gadget worth the money? And the questions, ‘Are we making the right decision? Are we doing things right?’ came up over and over again.

We had a few really good resources that we could go to get questions answered but felt bad asking too many things or taking up too much time.

We didn’t want to be a burden but we really wanted help. Eventually, however, the tide turned and instead of seeking answers to hundreds of questions we started answering those that have been following in our footsteps. Because of our learning curve, we’ve found answers and offered help, education, and insight through our blog articles, YouTube videos, sailing books, guides and…

So, now we’ve started The Britican Club to mentor over email and the phone (when not at sea).