S/V Windom [articles and links]
Things we wrote
The main thing we're writing is our logbook, and you can also go back and read the logs of our previous voyages. But if you're just dying for something else to read...
- Windom FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions about us and our cruising life.
- A Bahamas Guide
- Advice and opinions based on our experiences in the Bahamas. (Now updated with 2005 information!) We also have a collection of aerial photographs of the Exuma Cays.
- Single Sideband Radio (SSB) Guide
- Our SSB has 160 user-programmable channels. Here's what we have in them. (Now updated with 2005 information!)
- Financial information:
- Everybody always wants to know what it costs to go cruising. Here are tables of all our expenses in gory detail.
- Recipes
- Recipes for some of the things we eat and drink aboard our luxury yacht! Updated with a fish sausage recipe!
- Sailing Cheat Sheet
- If you're mystified by our usage of boat-related terms, check this out.
Other cruisers' web sites
There sure are a lot of cruisers with web sites out there. Here are some we've met. If we've met you and you have a site not listed here, please let us know the URL.
- Nightwinds
- Mike and Bryan's 63-foot motorsailer makes Windom look like a dinghy. We met them in Beaufort, NC and have spent time together in the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
- Night Swimming
- We met Dave and Don (and Bandit, of course) in George Town, and later spent more time with them in Deale, MD.
- Redwings
- We crossed paths with Aaron and Colleen in Luperón. We used to follow their site before we went cruising.
- Mirador
- Ilana met Jerry when he was in Maryland preparing to sail a delivery. He and his wife cruised their Caliber 40 on the west coast and in Mexico.
- Infidien
- We met Rick in the Tobago Cays when we noticed his boat's Colorado homeport. In Margarita we met his wife Patti and discovered we knew each other from Colorado!
- Joss
- We cruised a little with Cliff and Mary Ellen in Maine in August 2000. We didn't see them again until Bonaire.
- Ventana
- Rob and Dee are also Coloradans. We met them in Cartagena.
- La Buena Vida
- Heiner's originally from Germany, Marleyne's French Canadian, and their boat's name is in Spanish -- how international can you get? We met them in the ICW in 1999 and spent some time together in the Bahamas.
- BlueJacket
- We met Geoff and Sue in the San Blas islands and San Andrés.
- Ithaka
- Although we crossed paths a few times elsewhere, we finally met Douglas and Bernadette in the Bahamas in 2005, where we ended up traveling together through the Exumas, to Samana Cay, and to Mayaguana.
- Undine II
- Ron and Liz dinghied by at Warderick Wells on our 2005 visit, and we also spent time with them in George Town and Sampson Cay.
- Calm Seas
- We met Glenn and Betsy at Middle Bight, Andros; Glenn brought our watermaker parts.
- Fluke
- We just missed Carol, Wayne, and Eddie in George Town, but got to meet them in Vero Beach.