In the News: Columbus' ship discovered!

Half-starved and adrift in a leaking boat, did Columbus eat a last meal of turtle and coconuts before cutting his losses and heading for home?

Another Sailorgirl Adventure!

A Happy School of Cruiser Fish...

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Follow these directions, gut the fish and touch the liver to your lips. No Sailorgirl hasn't lost her mind, just sharing a quick test for ciguatera poisoning.

Get the low down on ciguatera poisoning.

Sailorgirl Attitude: If your life flashed before your eyes right now, what pictures do you see? I see the adventures I've had, people I love and things I've done.
My goal is to add to my slide show.

"Sea Chicken" Pizza

Never heard of "Sea Chicken"? Maybe you know it as "Australian Crab", or maybe you've never been to Cuba....

Sailorgirl tip: Never eat pizza in the cockpit when the wind is blowing over 25 knots. The toppings blow off.

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Announcing!

More Cuban tales. Los Arroyos.

Trivia: Sign the brand new Sailorgirl Guestbook and pass on the scuttlebutt!

Scuttlebutt - A butt was a barrel. Scuttle meant to chop a hole in something. The scuttlebutt was a water barrel with a hole cut into it so that sailors could reach in and dip out drinking water. The scuttlebutt was the place where the ship's gossip was exchanged.

An early version of gossiping around the office water cooler!

Watch out for the botalón!!!

Sail in Spanish, new and improved! Now you can sail with nouns and verbs or use one of the nifty nautical dictionnaires.

Muchas gracias to Guillermo (Gil) Berazadi for his contribution!