Once upon a time, I wrote a post about nine sailing blogs I had a bit of a crush on. In some ways, I really wish I hadn't written that post because it only called out just a few of the many, many, many blogs I follow and adore. To be honest, those were really just the ones that were on my mind on that particular day. So, as a follow-up to that post, I thought I would start a list of all of the sailing blogs currently on my radar screen.
I think it is great that people are so willing to share their sailing adventures - whether they're just in the planning stage, have been out there for years or have pulled up the anchor and moved onto a new stage of their life. There are so many different perspectives, styles of writing, descriptions of different places you can sail and travel to, stories of the highs and the lows, fantastic pictures and some great comedy moments as well. I've been truly inspired by all of the blogs that I have been reading and learned heaps.
I have to say that I've found that discovering new sailing blogs to read is sometimes like a little bit of a treasure hunt. There are gems hidden out there, but sometimes hard to find. And I know that I've always appreciated it when other people have shared their blog rolls as they have pointed me in the direction of new sailing blogs to read and adventures to follow. So now it is my turn to share as well with my sailing blog list below.
If you don't see your blog here and want to share, let me know as I would love to check it out and add to the list.
2 Free Spirits
A Dream to Sail
A Yacht More to Life
Adventures Aboard SV Ally Cat
Adventures on Boats
Adventures on S/V Evergreen
Adventures Out Here
Any Way the Wind Blows
Apparently Sailing
Around n'Circles
Astrolabe Sailing
Atlantic Yacht
Averisera
Bailey Boat Cat
Banyan
Bettie del Mar
Bimini Dream
Blowin' Bubbles
Breddegrad
Bri & Rob's Sailing Adventure
Brian Round Britian
Brimble's Blog
Building A Pathfinder
Bumfuzzle
Butterfly Adventures
Calm Seas Gentle Breeze
Camomile
Captain's Blog
Captain Curran
Caro Babbo
Catching the Horizon
Ceilydh Set Sail
Changes Going South
Claud 481
Coastapus
Collecting More Sunsets
Commuter Cruiser
Cream Puff
Cruising Aboard Freedom
Cruising Pink Diamond
Cygnus III
Daisy at Sea
Denali Rose
Dreamtime Sail
Escape from Reality
Flying Pancakes
Fortunes Afloat
Gaviidae Sails
Growing a Pair
Hamburg VII
Have Wind Will Travel
Hardly Anything Works
Harts at Sea
Have Wind Will Travel
He Sails, She Sails
Hermes Wanderings
Impetuous Too
Interview with a Cruiser
It’s a Necessity
It's Irie
Interesting Sailboats
Jack & Jude
John Vigor
Julia Sails
Just a Little Further
Karen & Jim’s Excellent Adventures
Kismet Adventures
Knot Tied Down
Knotty Cat Tales
Koala
Lahowind
Landfall Voyages
Lat 43 North
Le Rapide Escargot
Let It Be
Let It Breeze
Life Afloat
Life in the Slow Lane
Life of a Sailor
Little Cunning Plan
Live Blogging the ICW
Live Free 2 Sail Fast
Living Adrift
Living Life on the Run
Love & Rum
Magic #16
Mangoes, Marley & Mermaids
Mariadz
Masts & Mastiffs
Matt & Jessica’s Sailing Page
Mid-Life Cruising
Midori Lantern
Miss Chips
Monday Never
Mondo Vacilando
Moondance 38
Moore Better World
More Hands on Deck
More Joy Everywhere
Mosaic Voyage
Nautography
Newly Salted
Not Quite Seasoned, But Very Well Salted
Ocean Phoenix
Off Island Life
On Gwen
Our Water Log
Path of the Blazing Sarong
Pease Crows Nest
Plodding in Paradise
Poor Man's Sailing Blog
Project Atticus
Project Blue Sphere
Rain Dog
Rebel Heart
Rode Trip
S/V Alchemy
S/V Bebe
S/V Breeze On
S/V Cambria
S/V Del Viento
S/V Espiritu: The Diary of a Wimpy Cruiser
S/V Estrellita
S/V Heartbeat
S/V Moneypenny
S/V Nyon
S/V Orion
S/V Orion 1
S/V Outbound
S/V Perry
S/V Prism
S/V Rainy Days
S/V Round About
S/V Shirley Jean
S/V Smitty
S/V Sundancer
S/V Terrapin
S/V The Red Thread
S/V Tuuletar
S/V Veranda
S/V Violet Hour
S/Y Delfini
SY Dolphin Dance
SY Sophia
SY Spinvill
SY Temptress of Dawn
Sail Away Girl
Sail Antilia
Sail Far Live Free
Sail in Finland
Sail Lady Passages
Sail Panache
Sail Raptor
Sailboat Lady
Sailboat Story
Sailing into the Blue
Sailing Voyage
Sailormum
Sails n Tails
Sailing A&B
Sailing Banjo
Sailing Chance
Sailing Chiron
Sailing Clarity
Sailing Consort
Sailing Genevieve
Sailing to Inspire
Sailing Illusion
Sailing In 2 Deep
Sailing Joana
Sailing Journey
Sailing Luna Sea
Sailing Mahadee
Sailing on Mahi
Sailing on Windsong II
Sailing Nomads
Sailing Pelagia
Sailing Sabrina
Sailing Saga Sea
Sailing Simplicity
Sailing thru Life
Sailing Tranquility Bay
Sailing Vanessa
Sailing with Kids
Sailing with Totem
Sailing Wondertime
Sailing Zoot Allures
Sailorish
Scot Free
Sea Us Sailing
Seagull Dreaming
Seamless Sailor
Setting Course
Shalimar's Voyage
Shanti
She Wants to Sail
Sherrie's Cruising Blog
Siochana
Skelton Crew
Skipper Cami
Skipperette's Log
Slow Sailing
Smith Tribe Sailing
Stone Age
Summertime Rolls
Sundowner Sails Again
Swiss Family Probst
Take to the Sea
Tender Vittles
Tengeru
Tiki Trek Sailing
The Art of Hookie
The Boat Galley
The Lady J
The Larks of Independence
The Liveaboards' Logbook
The Monkey’s Fist
The Naked Sailor
The Ocean Spirit
The Retirement Project
The Sailing Podcast
The Sailing Rode
The Saavy Sailor
The Slapdash
The Spray Logs
The Yarrow Gypsies
This Rat Sailed
Thisldu
Three Kids & Orion
Tiki Trek Sailing
Til The Butter Melts
Tiny Sails
Trailer Sailor Cruiser
Trawler Beach House
TravnSail
Trippin Turpins
Twice in a Lifetime
Two At Sea
Vawters on the Water
Velic
Vivian's Voyage
Venture Minimalists
Ventured
Verona Leslie
Voyage into Healing
Voyages of Threepenny Opera
Where is Brick House?
Where the Coconuts Grow
Wild Blue Yonder
Wildcat Sailor Girl
Winds of Time
Windborne in Puget Sound
Windtraveler
Winging It with Freebird
Wind-f-Change
With Brio
With Water Below
Women & Cruising
Wright Away Sails Away
Wrinkles in Our Sails
Yacht Summertime
Zero to Cruising
Thanks for a great list, its blowing 40 and raining, a perfect day for some web sailing :)
ReplyDeleteThanks - sounds like a perfect day to read sailing blogs!
DeleteOooh, so many new ones to check out! Plus yours of course - I HAD to click on a blog titled "The Cynical Sailor" when it showed up in our "referrers" list. Too bad I don't have reliable enough internet to get through all of these - gonna have to pick and choose a bit. Hardly Anything Works is on the short list - we can totally relate. Definitely check out Venture Minimalists (http://www.ventureminimalists.net/) and SV Red Thread (http://svtheredthread.com) - two other young couples I follow via the blogosphere. Nice to meet you electronically!!!
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Harmony
SV Serenity
www.taketothesea.us
Thanks Harmony - great suggestions which I'll check out and add to this list!
DeleteGood morning from the Mediterranean, We are a family who sold everything they own 4 years ago to buy a boat to live aboard whilst we sail around the world slowly. If you want to do things properly then don't look at our blogs as we are always getting into trouble and messing things up. We would be honoured if you could add us and our boat Cygnus III to your list though.
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Wow, your blog looks very cool with some great graphics! Have added you to the list. Can't wait to explore your adventures as it is reassuring to know that other people get into trouble and mess things up too!
DeleteThank you to The Cynical Sailor for adding us to the list. You will see that if you can do something wrong then we have done it. We do occasionally learn by our mistakes but we also find newer and far better ways of doing something else wrong. Thank you again for adding us.
ReplyDeleteGreat list of blogs! I'm especially interested in sailing in Europe, i am sure i will find something for myself there! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI would like to welcome you to our Sailing Community - Clubtray Sailing
ReplyDeleteAgree totally with your appreciation of sailing blogs. Great way to share info and adventure. We sail Australia - All of it. Our website has Cruising Guides, masses of photos and vids, practical tips and of course our blog.
ReplyDeleteYou guys have a great website - lots of useful information for folks wanting to sail in Australia!
DeleteThanks so much for sharing our blog - it's fun to be part of the blogging community and to learn so much from everyone here!
ReplyDeleteNo problem - you guys have a great blog!
DeleteYay! Nice to be on your list. Thank you :) Can't wait for a rainy day and a sleeping baby so I can start checking all these out xx
ReplyDeleteWe're glad to have you :-)
DeleteGlad we made the list! sure means a lot. Thank you for enjoying our travels. - LivingAdrift.com S/V Splendid Isolation
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to following long on your adventures :-)
DeleteJust wanted to say thanks for adding our blog (MangoesMarleyAndMermaids.com) to your list! We're still new to the whole blogging thing, but we're trying hard! :)
ReplyDeleteNo problem! Love having you guys on the list - you have a fun blog :-)
DeleteHi there,
ReplyDeletewe've returned from Mexico, but are still keeping up our sailing (etc) blog:
http://sailing-pelagia.blogspot.ca
cheers,
David
Thanks for sharing David! I've added you guys to the sailing blog list and am looking forward to following along with your adventures!
DeleteWhat a wonderful list! Lots for us to read through...we have just finished our first season cruising...and have set up a blog :) would be great to add it to your list! Check out:
Deletehttps://ayachtmoretolife.wordpress.com
Thanks for sharing a link to your blog. I've added you onto the list and looking forward to following along on your adventres!
DeleteThank you so much for adding us to the list!
ReplyDeleteNo problem - glad to have you on the list!
DeleteWould you add my blog to your list?
ReplyDeletehttp://pathfinderriksbuild.blogspot.com/
thank you.
Rik
Hi Rik - I had you listed under Building a Pathfinder originally, but now I've changed it to Sailing Vanessa :-)
DeleteThanks so much for listing us. Wowzers there are so many blogs out there and I bet this is just a small handful really. All these blogs mean all those people writing them that have some awesome memories to read back on later in life. Great post.
ReplyDeleteHappy to have you guys on board - your blog is really interesting and I love the fact that you split your travels between your boat and camper van.
DeleteThis is a great list, thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteFeel free to add us: http://www.aroundncircles.com
-Matt & Michelle on s/v Giro
Thanks for popping by - have added you onto the list :-)
DeleteHi, great blog,great list of potential reading.
ReplyDeleteWww.poormanssailing.WordPress.com is my feeble attempt!
Hi - I've added you to the list! Given your focus on buying and restoring a boat on a tight budget, I'm sure lots of people will find it of interest. We're all looking for ways to save money given how expensive boats are :-)
DeleteThanks so much for having OurWaterLog.com on your list! I just found you and was surprised we made it! Thank again
ReplyDeleteNo problem - glad to have you onboard!
DeleteHi Ellen,
ReplyDeleteFeel free to add our sailing blog It's Irie (www.itsirie.com)to the list. It documents our eight years of cruising on our 35 foot catamaran, from the beginning to the end, from the US East Coast through the Caribbean to Tahiti in the Pacific.
Sorry Liesbet - I can't believe I missed this comment. I've added you on :-)
Delete"The cynical sailor'! I had to take a look :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great blog! I have only just started my blog (www.sailingkoala.co.uk), but seem to end up reading other blogs while searching for maintenance solutions, suppliers and other bits and bobs.
I should be sailing,
Hi Trevor - thanks for popping by and your email. I've added you to the list. I can completely relate to being "diverted" by other blogs when I should be working on more productive activities :-)
DeleteGreat list of sailing blogs!!!! Please add dainyrays.blogspot.com to your list for s/v Rainy Days. Also, please correct your listing for Violet Blue to Violet Hour. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBob
Thanks for letting me know about Violet Hour - I've updated that and added you to the list :-)
DeleteThis is a great list. Thank you
ReplyDeleteThanks - glad you've found it helpful!
DeleteYou guys linked to us!! Now we feel like we're grown-up bloggers :) Instead of just having two readers (Wife and I) LOL. Thank you! You guys are awesome!
ReplyDeleteWe're happy to have you on the list! You've got a great blog :-)
DeleteWOW I am blown away by how many people have embraced the cruising lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteMy partner and I are on the countdown before we two will join you all on the water. We have given our notices at work, have been saving......saving.....saving. Looking to sell the house in a month or two then go on the hunt for our new home on the water. I am like a kid at xmas reading everyone's blogs!
You're at such an exciting time in your journey - downsizing, giving your notice and looking for your next home on the water. It's so much fun to read sailing blogs at this stage. If you guys start a sailing blog, let me know and we can add it to the list :-)
DeleteThank you so much for having SailingChiron.com on your list. We've just finished one adventurous chapter and we're on to writing a totally new book!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate being included on your blog list!
No problem - happy to have you on the list :-)
DeleteWow, what a list! You can also include "Sailing La Vagabond". They are the most popular on YouTube.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize the La Vagabond also had a blog. For some reason, I thought they just did vlogging. I'll have to look into it - thanks for flagging up that they blog too.
DeleteInteresting article about how these sailors create an income for themselves today - http://royaltyyachts.blogspot.co.za/2017/03/can-i-make-living-from-sailing.html
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing
DeleteWow, this is an awesome list! Would be honoured if you could include us (sailraptor.blogspot.com) too. Thank you! S/V Raptor
ReplyDeleteNo problem - have added you on to the list.
DeleteThanks! Love your blog.
DeleteHello! Great post - I'm reading only a few of those so have loads to check out. My blog's ongwen.wordpress.com - 3 and a half years renovation and 1 and a half years sailing on a ferro gaffer from the perspective of someone who knows (or knew, I'm getting there) next to nothing about either. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteHi Tricia - thanks for popping by. I've added your blog to the list and look forward to checking it out :-)
DeleteGreat post, I hadn't found all the blogs you've listed, that's great. Sailing blogs are the best, they are just inspiration to be out on the water. This past spring I started a sailing blog about sailing around the west coast of BC. I'd love it if you'd check out my blog and consider adding it to your list!
ReplyDeleteCheers
Tara http://www.coastapus.com/
Hi Tara - I've added your blog to the list. It looks like you're a great cook. I showed my hubby the picture of your crab stuffed avocado and now I think he wants me to make it for him :-)
DeleteWow! That's a LOT of sailing blogs. Thanks for the add. I follow some of these but I'll be checking out more! x
ReplyDeleteThere sure are a lot of them out there! Happy to have you on the list :-)
DeleteI am a beginner and thankful for such a great list. I will check them out! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your reading :-)
DeleteGreat list of blogs, I knew about some of them but not all, I'll be checking these out. Thanks for including my blog on your list. Sailing is such a great sport, it's so awesome to see all the blogs and an interest in sailing! Great post.
ReplyDeleteTara
www.coastapus.com
Such a nice post on Sailing. I am also beginner here. I will check all list of blogs that you have mentioned in your post. Now I will try to write an blog on Sailing. Thanks once again :)
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ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteWe have recently started our sailing adventure in the Mediterranean which we are recording in a blog. This is directed at family and friends mostly but we aim to cover practical sailing and admin issues as part of it which may be of interest to others.
We would be pleased if you include our blog in your list, which is an excellent resource.
Best wishes
Colin
https://yachtsummertime.blogspot.com/
:) Hello Cynical Sailor! I love this list, there's some fantastic content here! If you're still updating this, we'd love for you to list us over at Seattle Sailing as well! Check out our blog and see if you like the content!
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I really enjoy your website! I recently started a sailing blog myself, www.adventuresofguppy.com, and I’d love to be added to your list. It is a work in progress, but I hope you enjoy. 💙
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