On a chilly Friday, February 1st, 2019, these two casstaways waved goodbye to Regatta Pointe Marina, our home for the past two years, to set sail on our first extended cruise. Heading down the western coast of Florida to the Keys, then on to the Bahamas, where we intend to island-hop throughout March and April, returning to US waters in early May. Not a long time to be away, but it makes our...

Sometimes our high seas get temporarily replaced by highways.   Casstaway is currently docked in Florida but our family and friends are spread westward from Indiana to Missouri to Texas to Washington; or, as the song goes, we are now stretched “from sea to shining sea”.  So, how do we get quality time with our clan? While Casstaway is plenty spacious enough for the two of us, our...

Sailboats come in all shapes and sizes. According to boats.com sailboats can be differentiated by three distinctive characteristics: Hull Type (monohull, catamaran or trimaran) Keel Type (fin keel, wing keel, bilge keel, daggerboard, or centerboard) Mast Configuration and Sails (sloop, fractional rig sloop, ketch, schooner, yawl, cutter, cat) Then of course, it’s all about the...

Poinsettia Fusion 2017 Tanya Cass The Ballad of the SW Casstaway 2017 Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale.. In December of last year we finalized the sale of hearth and home, packed our suitcases with shorts, swimsuits, sunscreen and sandals, and in January 2017 moved aboard our gorgeous Catalina 385 (38 ft.) sailboat, Casstaway. We are currently docked at Regatta Pointe Marina in...

When are you heading out to exotic new lands you ask? Cruising the islands? Navigating the seas? Experiencing new cultures?   Well, we’d be up for taking off this afternoon! But it seems life has a timetable that we don’t quite get to dictate. When we used to charter sail we often grew frustrated by “island time”. Now that we live on a boat, even island time can seem hurried. We’ve...