• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • My Account
  • Cart

Sailing Britican

Helping you to become a sailing cruiser!

TwitterYoutubeFacebookLinkedinPinterestInstagram
  • Home
  • Shop
    • Make Money Being A Cruiser
    • Checklists For Sailors Guide
    • Sailboat Buying Guide For Cruisers
    • VHF Radio Checklists & Templates
    • Sailing Experiences on Britican
    • Our Etsy T-shirt Store
  • Life Aboard
    • Life With COVID-19
    • Hurricane Season
    • Galley
      • Recipes
    • Getting Started
    • Making An Income
    • Kids On A Boat
    • Marina Life
    • Racing Your Home
    • The Boating Lifestyle
  • How To
    • Buying A Boat
    • CopperCoat
    • Electrical Systems
    • Kit
    • Maintenance
    • Major Upgrades
    • Organization & Cleaning
    • Passage Planning
    • Safety
    • Sailing, Maneuvering & Mooring
  • Destinations
    • Atlantic Crossing
    • Bahamas
    • Bermuda
    • Caribbean Sailing
    • Charleston
    • Florida
    • Mediterranean
  • Our Journey
  • Sailing Experience
  • More…
    • Our Story – From The Beginning
    • Freebies
    • The Crew
    • The Yacht
    • Best Sailing Quotes
    • Sailing Q & A
    • Disclaimer
    • Contacting Us
    • Terms & conditions
    • Disclaimer
    • Imprint
    • Privacy Statement (CA)
    • Cookie Policy (CA)

Life Aboard

Where to live aboard

Where To Live Aboard – 13 Benefits To Liveaboard Anchorages

April 6, 2018 10 Comments

Are you interested in knowing where to live aboard on a boat (sail or motor)? Many liveaboard boaters start off by living in a marina. An alternative is to spend a season in an established live aboard anchorage.  This article will define what they are, what happens in a typical live aboard anchorage and why[Read More]

Share178
Tweet6
Pin175
Buffer
Reddit
Share
Pocket
359 Shares
Sailing Questions Answered

Sailing Questions Answered – From Charleston, SC Meet & Greet

May 23, 2017 4 Comments

Our Charleston, South Carolina Meet & Greet event last weekend was a fantastic event. We had around 30 people join us to talk about sailing/sailing lifestyle at the Charleston Harbor Resort Reel Bar. There were many interesting sailing questions answered. Overall, however, what made the event special is that everyone mixed easily and effortlessly. There was[Read More]

Share123
Tweet6
Pin5
Buffer
Reddit
Share1
Pocket
135 Shares
Lessons Learned Sailing

Top 5 Lessons Learned Sailing 18,500 miles

April 25, 2017 7 Comments

Readers of the SailingBritican.com blog often send us questions and a popular one is, ‘What are your top lessons learned sailing?’ Within this article and video, Simon and I discuss five biggies. This ‘Questions Answered,’ style article and video is a series of other common questions answered. Make sure to also read/watch: – How did[Read More]

Share133
Tweet10
Pin107
Buffer3
Reddit
Share2
Pocket
255 Shares
How did we get into sailing?

NEW: Sailing Questions Answered – A Video Series

March 7, 2017 1 Comment

PRESS RELEASE: The owners of Sailing Britican have started a new YouTube video series called, ‘Sailing Questions Answered,’ with the pilot video kicking off with the question, ‘How did we get into Sailing?’ The new series has been designed to provide followers with… …a more in-depth look at the sailing liveaboard and cruising lifestyle Previous[Read More]

Share28
Tweet5
Pin2
Buffer
Reddit
Share1
Pocket
36 Shares
Live Aboard Sailing

Live aboard sailing | 8 ways to avoid failure

January 19, 2017 4 Comments

Some people take to live aboard sailing effortlessly. Others find it a struggle. Many discover that full time sailboat cruising is challenging and stressful yet enlivening and fulfilling. But how do you know where you will fit in? When your dream becomes a reality will you love it or is there a slight possibility that[Read More]

Share29
Tweet5
Pin87
Buffer
Reddit
Share1
Pocket
122 Shares
vacation away from cruising

Do full time cruisers ever need to take a vacation away from cruising?

April 24, 2016 2 Comments

I’m tired. I never thought I’d say this but I think my mind and body might be missing winter. During our first year of full time cruising, my husband, daughter and I sailed the Med from April until November. We then wintered for six months in Marina di Ragusa in Sicily. During our wintering period,[Read More]

Share32
Tweet2
Pin2
Buffer
Reddit
Share2
Pocket
38 Shares
neighboring sailboat

How often do you share a lice comb with a neighboring sailboat?

April 3, 2016 3 Comments

When my family and I lived in England we had lovely neighbors. When we drove into our driveway we’d beep the horn and say ‘hi’ and from time to time we’d stop and chat for a bit. If something strange happened on the street, like the time a car crashed into the entrance of the[Read More]

Share7
Tweet9
Pin3
Buffer
Reddit
Share1
Pocket
20 Shares
cruisers social network

Is sailing around the world isolating or can you develop a cruising social network?

February 14, 2016 Leave a Comment

One of my fears about leaving the Mediterranean, other than the fear about spending 18 days at sea to cross the Atlantic, was the fear of not knowing anyone in the Caribbean. I worried that my cruising social network would decline or even disappear. And the cruising social network that I’m talking about is face-to-face[Read More]

Share33
Tweet20
Pin
Buffer1
Reddit
Share2
Pocket
56 Shares
what do cruisers panic about

What do cruisers panic about – it’s not always about sinking, the anchor dragging, hitting a whale or…

January 14, 2016 10 Comments

What do cruisers panic about? People that don’t live on a boat probably think that the biggest worry for a full time cruiser, commonly referred to as a ‘live-aboard,’ is about the boat sinking, getting caught in a hurricane, smashing into a whale, getting lost, dragging into the sea or rocks from a mooring or[Read More]

Share43
Tweet15
Pin4
Buffer
Reddit
Share8
Pocket
70 Shares
being a full time cruiser

20 reasons why being a full time cruiser sucks

August 16, 2015

Before I get into my 20 reasons why being a full time cruiser sucks, let me first premise this article with the following… My life is more fulfilling now that it ever has been Every day I wake up with a sea view, my family and enjoy new adventures, foods and experiences and life seems[Read More]

Share126
Tweet3
Pin6
Buffer
Reddit
Share4
Pocket
139 Shares
  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to page 5
  • Go to page 6
  • Go to page 7
  • Go to Next Page »

sidebar

Blog Sidebar

Watch This First

https://youtu.be/llCA4EskjpA

Best Selling Ebooks

Checklists For Sailors

VHF Radio Checklists For Sailors

Sailboat Buying Guide For Cruisers

A Sailing Cruiser's Guide To Making Money

Britican Experience

Sailboat Liveaboard Sailing Experiences

Free Guides

50 Suggested Checklists

10 Steps To Buying A Sailboat

10 Steps To Buying A Sailboat

Electrical System Audit

Boat Safety Checklist

Support Us On Patreon

Become a Patron!

Recent Comments

  • Kim Brown on Quickest & Easiest Man Overboard Procedure
  • Gerhard Mayerhofer on Quickest & Easiest Man Overboard Procedure
  • Kim Brown on Sailing Cruisers – Stocking the Boat?
  • Wim on Sailing Cruisers – Stocking the Boat?
  • Bruce Avellanet on Sailing Cruisers – Stocking the Boat?

This Might Be Of Interest…

Recent Posts

  • A Seasickness Solution For Sailors That Works June 28, 2022
  • Sailing Cruisers – Stocking the Boat? June 14, 2022
  • Open Ocean Sailing Passage June 7, 2022
  • Boat Safety 101 May 3, 2022
  • Life on our Sailboat – A Family Member Visits April 26, 2022

Top Rated Products

  • A Sailing Cruiser's Guide To Making Money A Sailing Cruisers Guide To Making Money - Digital
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $27.97
  • Checklists For Sailors Checklists for Sailors - Digital
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $27.97
  • Confident Sailing Cruiser Collection Confident Sailing Cruiser Collection - All Digital Guides
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $150.00 $97.00
  • VHF Radio Checklists and Templates for Sailors VHF Radio Checklists For Sailors
    Rated 4.80 out of 5
    $19.97
  • Sailboat Buying Guide For Cruisers - Digital
    Rated 4.80 out of 5
    $27.97

Have You Read My Book?

Changing Lifestyles Book Thumb "Changing Lifestyles - Trading in the Rat Race for a Sail Around The World" (Click the picture for more information)

Nautical Gift Store

Instagram

Follow on Instagram

Pinterest

Footer

Contact Us

We help people to take the exciting leap from living on land to becoming full time live-aboard sailors. If you would like to get in touch or having any questions, here are our details.
WhatsApp: +44 787 940 1425 Email: info@SailingBritican.com

Payment Information

We accept PayPal and all major credit cards including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB Diners Club, credit and debit cards. Transactions are performed via a SSL server to ensure your privacy.

Credit-Cards

Check Us Out On Social Media

TwitterYoutubeFacebookLinkedinPinterestInstagram

Site Developed by Gary Fox

Sailing Britican, All Rights Reserved

Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
Preferences
{title} {title} {title}
Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
Preferences
{title} {title} {title}