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Captain of the boat is Julian. His primary responsibility is for the safety of the crew and the boat. He also offers his philosophy on life by nurturing rater than preaching, pressure or persuasion. When people ask me how long have I been sailing I tell them that I was sailing before I was born. The [...]
My boat offers a retreat from stress. You may well ask; why choose a sailing boat as a retreat? Well it’s an opportunity for you to choose to loose all that’s bad in you. Clean yourself inside and out, on a boat. Choose a unique environment well away from temptation and social pressure. Separate yourself [...]
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Spiritual retreat on a sailing boat. Here is an opportunity for you to choose to loose all that’s bad in you. Clean yourself inside and out, on a boat. Choose a unique environment well away from temptation and social pressure. Separate yourself from electronic communication. Try it for a while and get back to the [...]
This is a Caribbean sailing blog which captain Julian wrote as a gift to a charter group. They had such a good time and allowed the captain to relax and enjoy himself. Andres group charter ‘Blog’. Written by their captain Julian. It all started way back at the end of November 2010 when I got [...]
Living on a sailing boat There are many ways to live on a boat and places to be. At the moment I live on my boat in the Caribbean. Some choose to spend six months at a time, some year round with breaks to visit family and get a bit of Terra Firma now and [...]
Time for reflection on our attitude. You can find spiritual help on a sailing boat. The ultimate cost of not doing anything is chaos and disappointment. Quite probably you will be satisfied to accept this as a wonderful holiday amidst exotic surroundings. Tropicbird and her hosts want to offer you more; give you a better [...]
My Panama sailing adventure is on Tropicbird. One would think that an adventure is only had when the sails are up but on a boat it seems its always an adventure. Dropping the anchor and going ashore to a new place or country is always adventurous. Some years ago I wrote the text for the [...]
Please discuss directly with Julian the cost to share time aboard Tropicbird The cost will depend on many factors including sharing the cost of food and personal consumables (toilet paper, detergents etc) and diesel cost based on hours that it is necessary to run the engine; an hourly rate. If whilst making a passage there [...]
If you would like to experience life aboard a classic world cruising sailing yacht then come onboard Tropicbird. I will acknowledge all the sea miles you make with a written description and my signature. Or if you have a ‘Log Book’ I will sign that. Also night passages. These are particularly expensive to charter. Anyone [...]
The best sailing I have done was in Cuba. I chose to sail from Jamaica to Cienfueugo in Cuba which one is able to do inside a bunch of islands which protect the inner area from any sea swell. Thus the water is absolutely flat with the wind still blowing. At the time the wind [...]