Cruising With The Chilbergs: The Great Eight Of The Exumas (BLOG)
June 9, 2014
The Chilberg’s Bahamas must-see list continues to grow as there cruise continues. Next up: Joe Chilberg’s list of the great eight of the Exumas.
The Chilberg’s Bahamas must-see list continues to grow as there cruise continues. Next up: Joe Chilberg’s list of the great eight of the Exumas.
A Florida anchoring update from the Chilbergs: The sunset from Marco Island, Fla. isn’t too shabby!
A quick update from the Chilbergs as they enjoy their first new anchorage of their journey.
The Chilbergs have completed their final preparations and have left their homeport of St. Petersburg in the rearview. Tag along with them as they make way to their first provisioning stop.
Provisioning for our trips to the Bahamas is in many ways similar to provisioning for a long domestic cruise. When we head down the coast, we try to anchor out often. I’d rather be on the beach or the docks than in a grocery store!
Starting at the bow and working his way to the stern, Joe Chilberg shares his pre-departure wisdom before heading down to the Bahamas for the Spring.
We can spend years planning for a bucket-list trip and then life gets in the way. Go now.
Splashing later this year.
Karly and Evan Nietzel—aka YouTube’s @Navigating Nietzels—tailored their careers for remote work after buying a trawler, moving onboard and completing the Great Loop. Along with their pup, Ripley, they’re just getting started.
This aluminum vessel’s throwback design belies its modern systems, all installed for a Great Loop cruise.
The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.
A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.
The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.
Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.
With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.
