Rants & Musings

We pursue a technical vein here at AAC. But sometimes it’s nice to take a break from anchors and electrons. To that end, John is trying his hand at fiction. 

Are the gear awards given by panels of marine journalists useful and worth your time?

The first of Colin’s voyaging articles on their 2018 season cruising Atlantic Canada.

Many waterborne cruisers have thought about trying the land-based version. Matt, who has done a bunch of the later, explores the challenges and rewards.

John takes a look at recent disturbing trends that could result in bad outcomes for us voyaging cruisers.

After 20 years of full-time live-aboard cruising, John and Phyllis are making the transition to part-time voyaging. Phyllis shares how intense a transition this is.

There are so many skills required to be a competent seaman. The trick to getting out there cruising is prioritizing the ones that really matter.

Thinking smart, rather than lazy, can make all the difference when voyaging…and in life.

I recently came across a video that asks adventurers how they define “adventure”, which made me think about how I define it. This is important—we call our business Attainable Adventure Cruising!