Cruising Families
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About to embark - teenage daughter would like help
Posted December 2009
brucedeb5863@gmail.com
Hi, We are about to purchase our dream boat and live aboard it at our local marina. My partner and I are very excited but our daughter, 15 1/2 is making it all sound awful for her. Obviously we can see a few hiccups but in the
general we are very excited and she isn't seeing the bigger picture.
I am desperately trying to contact or read other material on the transition stage for her and how wonderful life could be for her. If anyone else has a daughter anywhere in the world around her age we would like to make contact
so she has a pen pal who can engage her in their experiences and the wonder of living aboard.
We are in Brisbane, Australia and about to purchase with any luck a 43ft cutter.
Cheers. Bruce and Deb
Kids in the Cockpit Author Happy To Give Advice
Posted March 2008
http://www.jilldickinschinas.com/books/kids-in-the-cockpit/
Jill Schinas, author of Kids in the Cockpit (Noonsite book of the month in July 2006), is happy to give advice to anyone with questions about educating your kids on board:
"If you visit my website you will see that I have made available a number of extracts from the book. That way, people can see what they are getting themselves into before they part with their money! At the bottom of that same page there is a link to my contact form, with the specific offer of further advice for anyone who wants it.
"We also have another website : yachtmollymawk.com. This one is our logbook-cum-scrapbook. Its purpose is threefold - firstly, it gives us a way of keeping in touch with friends and family; secondly, it gives the kids the opportunity to hone their internetting skills and their writing skills; thirdly, I'm hoping that it will develop into a useful resource and meeting place for cruising yotties and for home-schoolers."
Sailing to South Africa Oct/Nov 2009
Posted July 2009
wdd8909@sailmail.com
Hi, my wife and our two kids are presently in Fiji. We are planning to transit the Torres Straits in Aug 2009, hit Darwin, Bali, Christmass Is, Cocos Keeling, then
Madagascar or Mauritius.
We plan to arrive in Mauritius or Madagascar in mid Oct 2009 to make the passage to Durban and on to Cape Town. We will then sail the Atlantic back up to the Carribean in Jan Feb timeframe. We are trying to find other boats going this route or any part of it.
Shannon Tillman sv Someday came.
on board schooling
posted August 2007
tonyguy9@aol.com
Hi Everyone, Would anyone be able to give me any info on onboard schooling for children aged 7-14 yrs, is there internet or similar available?
Kind Regards
Tony Guy.
s/v Vingilot - Single Parent with 2 daughters
Posted January 2010
borgalex@hotmail.com
I am a former liveaboard/cruiser with 2 daughters 5 and 2, and I would dearly love to return to that life. Does anyone have experience they could share about single parenting a cruising family?
Alex
Cat & Crew (s/v Yebo)
Posted January 2009, Cruising Spring 2009 +
www.cruisingcolomba.com, cat@cruisingcolomba.com
Cat, Justin, Abi and Aaron are planning to set sail again in Spring 2009 so keep an eye on the website.
Sailmakanikai
Posted March 07, Cruising 2009 - 2011
www.sailmakanikai.com, aschrispeels@sbcglobal.net
We are a family of 4 who are starting our cruising adventure. We have just purchased a 44' steel cutter in Blaine, WA and will move her to San Diego, CA this summer. We will move aboard to get used to the live aboard life for the next two years, before embarking on a 2+ year voayage to New Zealand. Our boys are Kai (5) and Myles (3). We look forward to meeting other cruising families on the Pacific Coast doing short trips to the islands and then doing the Baja Ha in 2009 to start our trip. Drop us a line or check out our website. Arno and Sunshine.
Family Cruising in Bahamas from Virginia
Posted April 2009
sailingbeagles@gmx.net
Family of 4 (boy 10 and girl 8) departing from Virginia mid-October 2009 for 6+ months in the Bahamas. Cruising on a 28' Bristol Channel Cutter Calypso.
Would love to meet up with other families doing a similar adventure particularly as our daughter is quite nervous about the social aspect of the lifestyle. Contact us at .
sailingbeagles@gmx.net
Family with teen cruising Western Caribbean Summer 09- 2010
Posted April 2009
ellensokol@hotmail.com
We are a family of 3 departing Miami June 09 to Jamaica and then to Cartegena Colombia and working our way up to San Blas islands and eventually to Guatemala, Belize and Mexico. Our son is 14. We would love to hear from
other families who will be cruising this area.
Yacht Kiskeedee
Turkey - Med - Caribbean March-Dec2009
Posted March 09, Cruising March 09 - Dec 10
slowtravel@gmail.com
We are an Australian Cruising family my wife Nicole, Neisha (9), Jack and Jessica (7) and I, sailing from Turkey in March 2009 on board 'Grace' our Hallberg Rassy 46 to the Carribean for Christmas 2009 and thru the Panama onto Australia by the end of 2010.
We would love to hear from other families that are sailing from the Med this year or across to the Carribean in Dec 2009 who may be looking for some company along the way.
Shane, Nicole, Jack, Jessica and Neisha Collins
Prangnell Family cruising Med August 2009 - June 2010
Posted January 2009, Cruising August 2009 - June 2010
tinarebeccasmith@hotmail.co.uk., or, jonprangnell@hotmail.com
We are a cruising family Jon, Tina and daughter Niamh (pronounced ³Neve² - aged 9) and are spending a year in the Med on our Alubat 435. We are leaving the UK in June 09 and making our way along the Canal du Midi and coming out
in the Med in around August time. We are planning on cruising to Corsica, Sardinia, Greece and then on to Marmaris in Turkey for Christmas 09 and the winter. We would really like to hear from and meet up with other families on a similar trip so that our daughter, specially, has some other children to play with. Niamh would love to make some friends along the way and have other children to talk to, play with and meet up with who are on similar
voyages of discovery! Please email to We¹d love to hear from you.
Jon, Tina and Niamh.
Turkey - Med - Caribbean March-Dec2009 [see above]
2010 Pacific Ocean crossing
(posted July 2009)
abloom@cheqnet.net
My husband, seven year old son and I will be embarking on the Pacific Ocean crossing from Puerta Vallarta to the Marquises in April, 2010.
Currently we know of three more families planning to go at this time with a total of eight kids between 6 and 12 years old. Let us know if you are planning on going our way. The more the merrier! Annie Bloomquist
Cruising Schipperke (Belgian barge dogs)
Posted November 2009
sloepmouche@gmail.com
Cruising Schipperke out there?
Do you know of any Schipperke (Belgian barge dogs) currently cruising? Our 4-yr old Zenne is looking for buddies to share tips with them, have their photos on her
webpage and more. Her companion Zoetje did cruise with us for 14 yrs, from the Caribbean to the South Pacific! Now in Vanuatu but going to the Marshalls and SE Asia early 2010.
Cruising South Pacific 2010
Posted February 2010
www.sv-totem.com, sv-totem@hotmail.com,
We are currently cruising Pacific Mexico with our three
children, aged 5, 7 and 10 on our Stevens 47, TOTEM. We plan to cross to the Marquesas in April.
It would be great to connect with other boats with children aboard headed for the South Pacific in 2010! We have met a number of other families in Mexico headed the same direction and are excited about the kid posse. Please feel
free to email us or check our blog, we often write about kids & cruising- www.sv-totem.com.
Many thanks! The Giffords - Behan, Jamie, & the 3 swabbies- Niall (10) Mairen (7) and Siobhan (5)
Feb 2010 - Panama City to Costa Rica
Posted 10 January 2010
http://www.youtube.com/ambdoswebs, ambdoswebs@gmail.com
Hi, we are a Spanish family with 2 children (3 & 1.5 yrs). We did some cruising with our first child when he was a baby. You can see some videos of our time in the Islands of Panama and Costa Rica on You Tube (see weblink). In February we will begin a passage from Panama City to Golfito in Costa Rica. We would like to make contact, if possible, with other families making the same passage.
Juan Jose Julian Adan
Hola somos familia Española con 2 niños (3 y 1,5 años). Tenemos alguna experiencia con nuestro 1er cuando era bebe. Usted puede ver algunos videos filmados en Islas del Pacifico (Panama Costa Rica) en You Tube. En febrero iniciamos travesia de Panama City to Golfito (Costa Rica).
Contactar si es posible con otras familias, compartir travesia.
Portland, Oregon to Mexico - Fall/Winter 2009/10
Posted February 2009
lorikmurphy@comcast.net
Seven year old and his parents will be cruising the west coast from Portland, Oregon to Mexico this fall/winter (2009-10). Any other families going that way? We'd love to hook up with other kids! Is there any one who has hooked up with the Baja Ha-ha to get down to Mexico? Lori and Christophe Murphy
Sailmakanikai [see above]
January 2010 - Thailand - Med/Red Sea.
Posted November 2009
anneuwe@sailmagnum.com
Hello - We are planning on going to the Med via the Red Sea from Thailand in January 2010. Presently we are in Langkawi,
We would be interested in hooking up with a kid boat to travel with for company, and also part of a convoy. We have a 7 year old daughter. German and Irish couple.
44 foot monohull/sv Magnum.
Thanks - Anne Crowley, Uwe Dobers and Kara Dobers
Alaska to New Zealand - Family Voyaging
Posted November 2009
www.familyvoyaging.com, burnssail@hotmail.com
We are in the third year of a family voyage, from Alaska to New Zealand (currently in Fiji), and have a website devoted to family cruising based on our experiences. It includes a daily blog from the entire voyage, interactive passage planning and preparation, our book, and more. The
focus of the site is to encourage and assist other families in making such a voyage.
Thank you, Chris Burns
s/v Wind Dancer
Family Osullivan plans 2009/2010
Posted June 2009
svdreamseeker@yahoo.com
Hi We are a family with 2 boys 9 and a girl 10 curerently in Airlie Beach Queensland until November 2009 and then cruising down to Sydney until April 2010 and then New Calladoneia, Vanautu,Louisiades, then to Palua and
maybe Japan.
Would like to contact any cruisers and families out there that we may cross paths with or may be doing the new Cal/Vanautu run in 2010
Kind regards Craig and Karen
Family to cruise the world from Canada
Posted September 2009
simonnekalau@eastlink.ca
Message - Hey there!
Four girls new to cruising, ages 5, 10, 13, and 15 looking for contact with other kids cruising, too.
How can they chat and share their thoughts and questions?
Cheers!
Simonne Kalou and Crew
Pacific Crossing with Children
Posted January 2010
dorenavant1@gmail.com
We are currently cruising the Caribbeans with our 2 girls (8 and 10) on a 3 year circumnavigation. We plan on leaving Panama at the end of April 2010 to go to the Galapagos and then the Marquesas. Would like to know about other
vessels on the same route.
Cheers, Melanie & JF - SV Dorénavant1, Québec,Canada
Someday Came
Posted January 2007, Cruising 2007-2011
ktillman@millstonemedical.com
Hello! We are a family of 4, 9 year old Caroline and 18 mos. old Violet, leaving for 3-5? year cruise Sept/Oct 2007 on Someday Came. We will be leaving from RI, heading down the US coast to SC, then across to the Bahamas. We plan to sail around the Caribbean for about 18 months then head to the Panama Canal. Are there any other families with kids who may cross our path? Any other families from NE?
Teenager living on boat seeking contact
Posted June 2009
79isis@gmail.com
Hello, My name is Sam Herrick and I have been cruising with my parents for the last 7 months. We left New Zealand in November 2008 and arrived in Ushuaia, Patagonia, Argentina in February 2009. We are in Buenos Aires for a
few weeks and then will be cruising north, spending 6 months in Brazil. I am keen to get in contact with other teenagers cruising. We are on a 39 foot home built boat. I am a 13 year old boy. Sam
Boat Kid Chatter - a new forum for cruising kids
TV DOCUMENTARY LOOKING FOR FAMILIES TAKING GAP YEARS
Cruisers Kids Net For Pacific Through To End Of 2007
Cruising with kids and 5th Grade Calvert Course available
Research Into Travel Benefits For Cruising Children
New Google Group Cruisers With Kids
Xmas Island & Cocos Keeling for cruising kids
Active Yahoo Group for Families
Posted January 2007
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sailing_Kids/
Boat Kid Chatter
Posted October 2008
www.Nordhavn.com
A forum for boat kids up to the age 13, and for those thinking about going cruising who have lots of questions to ask.
FIRST COLLEGE UK
Posted January 2006
http://www.firstcollege.co.uk
Online high school UK 11-17yrs. LIVE CLASSES ONLINE daily. Small sized, personal approach, class limit 15 students. IGCSE exams or non-exam studies. Very experienced teachers' & home educators' co-operative; family learning community online , camps etc.
SSCA discussion board
Posted October 2005
http://www.ssca.org/sscabb/index.php
Has a families and home schooling section.
The Schinas family website
www.yachtmollymawk.com
Includes some great tips for home schooling, links and advice on long-term cruising with children.
Wilderness School
Posted July 2006
http://www.wildernesskidsclub.com/
www.wilderness-school.us
Source for outdoor learning activities for students of all ages.
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http://www.thecruisinglife.com/?page=family
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