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  • 3 weeks ago | passagemaker.com | Bob Arrington

    The forecast was perfect. A high-pressure system was going to remain stationary just north of the Greater Antilles for the next 48 hours, giving us ample time to make the 500-mile run from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands to Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands. My friends Josh and Caitlin had looked forward to this trip for months. After purchasing their 45-foot Symbol trawler in St. Thomas, they were finally ready to bring it back to their home in North Carolina.

  • 1 month ago | powerandmotoryacht.com | Bob Arrington

    An Englishman, Frenchman and Norwegian walk into a bar together… No, this isn’t the beginning of a good joke, this is the life of cruising yachtsmen, and part of our story aboard Liberdade. When my wife Dori and I were considering moving our home port to St. Petersburg, Florida, a friend we met when cruising up in Nova Scotia offered to introduce us to his sister and brother-in-law who lived there.

  • Mar 6, 2025 | powerandmotoryacht.com | Bob Arrington

    If I had a dollar for every time someone told one of my parents that I looked just like Opie Taylor, Liberdade would probably be a much bigger boat. As a young redheaded boy in the ‘60s with a striking resemblance to Ron Howard’s character on The Andy Griffith Show, it was something I grew accustomed to hearing. While being a fan of the popular show, interestingly, Opie wasn’t my favorite character.

  • Feb 10, 2025 | powerandmotoryacht.com | Bob Arrington

    When people hear that we live aboard our boat for extended periods of time, one of the most frequent questions we’re asked is: How do the two of you get along living in such a small space? I’m going to share a secret with you about my marriage to Dori—we actually get along better the more time we spend on our boat. The small space of our boat demands that we cooperate and communicate with each other more than when we’re living in the larger space of a house.

  • Jan 27, 2025 | passagemaker.com | Bob Arrington

    When my wife, Dori, and I decided to cruise south in the winter and north in the summer, we didn’t consider the increased number of days we would be boating in fog. Our summer months are now spent aboard our trawler, Liberdade, in New England, so we have learned to live with, and possibly even enjoy, a cool, foggy morning. We also can acknowledge that knowing we would be boating more in fog wouldn’t have caused us to change our plans, because in many ways, it has made us better boaters.

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