It is a warm Sunday morning in Acapulco. Downtown, across the bay from the anchorage, a beautiful beach lined with high rises and fancy hotels is tempting me. It looks like paradise from here, a strip of gleaming white sand and perfect blue ocean under a clear sky. But I know, close up, it is…
Category: Sailing
To make a Brummel Splice in Dyneema
This time last year we were bashing to windward with our newly installed dyneema inner forestay and staysail flying. It made the three day trip from New Caledonia to Vanuatu a whole lot easier. Read about how to splice dyneema in the June issue of Cruising World Magazine!
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Markets: Food for the Soul
Amidst the unfamiliar countries and uneasiness of travel the markets are where I find a connection to the people, to the landscape. Although I have a deep and passionate relationship with food this is not why I seek out these places. It is the everyday-ness of the market that I crave. Disconnected from family, country,…
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Bread Making Workshop or No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
A couple months ago I taught a bread making workshop to a group of ladies on the island of Rendova. It was the same village that we found Erol to do the inlay work, which is how it all came about. We had spent over a week anchored in the quiet bay and gotten to…
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Yoga Onboard in BWS
Get your copy of the June issue of Blue Water Sailing Magazine and read all about doing yoga on yachts. Or subscribe one www.zinio.com and never miss an issue!
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Home Improvements
Kate is not just our boat it is she is our home, and over the years we’ve made her a space we enjoy living in. We want our boat to reflect our lives; colourful, vibrant, exciting. We’ve achieved this the traditional way, using paint and fabrics; a sunshine yellow transom & matching headsail UV cover…
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Throwback Thursday; In the Beginning
I started writing Letters from Kate as a weekly newsletter to family and friends in 2008 when we bought the boat. They went out as emails and when I got organized appeared on a page of the website. In 2014 I changed format and started using a more modern blog platform to share our “Letters”,…
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A History Lesson in the Solomon’s
Most people don’t know that the Solomon Islands played a big part in WWII. A trip to a small museum in Munda gave us a new perspective on world history.
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Sprouting and Yogurt Making Onboard
On newstands now is the April issue of Blue Water Sailing magazine where you’ll find all the info you need start making yogurt and sprouting greens in my column ‘Heather Francis Onboard’. Make a healthy choice and pick up a copy today!
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TOP TEN PROS AND CONS OF LIVING ON A SAILBOAT
TOP TEN PROS AND CONS OF LIVING ON A SAILBOAT 1. PRO– We travel the world and get to sleep in our own bed every night. CON- I have spent many a stormy night lying awake in my own bed worried we’ll drag anchor and end up on the reef, losing everything. 2. PRO- The…
