TIDAL LIFE https://www.tidallife.com/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 02:37:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.tidallife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-tidal-life-favicon-32x32.jpg TIDAL LIFE https://www.tidallife.com/ 32 32 Letting The Days Go By At Mayaguana https://www.tidallife.com/letting-the-days-go-by-mayaguana/ Sat, 03 Aug 2024 12:34:15 +0000 https://www.tidallife.com/?p=13582 My anxiety mirrored the wind, a constant vigilance, accompanied by gusts of reaction to every stimulus. I worried about hurricanes, dragging anchor, the relentless wind, high waves pinning us in port, squalls, running out of water, running out of food, not being able to sleep. I had to work on the vital skill of letting the days go by.

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]]> Hurricane Season in the Out Islands https://www.tidallife.com/out-islands-hurricane-season/ https://www.tidallife.com/out-islands-hurricane-season/#comments Wed, 29 May 2024 20:18:19 +0000 https://www.tidallife.com/?p=13501 Sailing through the Bahamas means studying charts every single day. Sailing the Bahamas during Hurricane Season you'd better study the weather too.

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]]> https://www.tidallife.com/out-islands-hurricane-season/feed/ 2 Bite-sized Adventures in the Exumas https://www.tidallife.com/bite-sized-adventures-in-the-exumas/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 03:13:10 +0000 https://www.tidallife.com/?p=13281 If my time in Nassau exposed a series of fears, traveling through the Exumas brought me back to my preferred state: adventure. Of course, the two are often intertwined. And really: What is Adventure? Pretty much everything you encounter while traveling is an adventure. Just going grocery shopping can qualify. Once you figure out which...

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]]> Your Fear Is The Most Boring Thing About You: A series of scary events in Nassau https://www.tidallife.com/your-fear-is-the-most-boring-thing-about-you-a-series-of-scary-events-in-nassau/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 18:46:28 +0000 https://www.tidallife.com/?p=13188 There are Many Things to be Anxious About When Cruising Learning to sail a boat. Leaving the safety of home. Crossing borders. Meeting new people. I’ve felt all these excitements and anxieties since we took off on this voyage in April of 2022. And then there’s real fear. Mine crops up before a long sail...

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]]> Learning to See Islands https://www.tidallife.com/learning-to-see-islands/ https://www.tidallife.com/learning-to-see-islands/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2023 13:50:44 +0000 https://www.tidallife.com/?p=13032 Bimini to Great Harbor Cay, Berry Islands With the goal of crossing the Gulf Stream achieved, our perspective changed. We’d braved the open sea, and made it to a Bahamian island. The accomplishment obliterated self doubt about our seamanship skills – momentarily – while we soaked in new experiences of an unfamiliar land. Islands now...

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]]> https://www.tidallife.com/learning-to-see-islands/feed/ 4 Crossing the Gulf Stream https://www.tidallife.com/crossing-gulf-stream/ https://www.tidallife.com/crossing-gulf-stream/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2023 19:07:22 +0000 https://www.tidallife.com/?p=12980 Facing a Watery Bogeyman If ever there was an expectation built up in my mind, it was the fearsome conditions to be found when crossing the Gulf Stream, and the 45 miles of open water between Florida and the Bahamas. Stories of misadventure in the Gulf Stream abound. We’ve heard tales of boats blown off...

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]]> https://www.tidallife.com/crossing-gulf-stream/feed/ 2 Setting Sail for the Cruising Life https://www.tidallife.com/setting-sail-for-the-cruising-life/ https://www.tidallife.com/setting-sail-for-the-cruising-life/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 03:33:09 +0000 https://www.tidallife.com/?p=12834 Buy a Boat and Travel That’s the dream of the cruising life. In reality, there is one more step. No boat, no matter how new, or how well equipped, is ready for sea on the day you buy her. So it’s more like buy a boat, make her yours, and travel. We worked on Domino...

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]]> https://www.tidallife.com/tropical-paradise-anniversary/feed/ 6 Reef Fish, Near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos https://www.tidallife.com/reef-fish-near-providenciales-turks-and-caicos/ https://www.tidallife.com/reef-fish-near-providenciales-turks-and-caicos/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2022 21:01:57 +0000 https://www.tidallife.com/?p=12677 The post Reef Fish, Near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos by Nancy appeared first on TIDAL LIFE - .

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