What do you do if you find a mouse in your home? 🐭😂 Apparently… prank your husband first. What started as a harmless “there’s a mouse onboard!” joke quickly turned into a reminder of why sailors take rodents so seriously. A mouse or rat onboard isn’t just annoying — it can become a real safety issue, especially when you live full-time on a boat. • They chew electrical wires which can damage navigation systems, batteries and even cause fires • They contaminate food and water supplies with droppings and urine • They can carry diseases like Hantavirus and other harmful bacteria • They destroy cushions, clothes, ropes, sail bags and insulation while building nests • They hide in tiny spaces inside the boat, making them very hard to catch • And once onboard, they multiply FAST On land this may just be a pest problem. At sea, it can become a serious one.

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Quick Guide: Washing Your Sails! #sailing #boat #shorts

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Princess Yachts of Plymouth, England, is a major player in the luxury sport yacht category. Their models are really exciting, with a lot of interesting features and great performance. One of the newest is this V57. http://blog.boats.com/2012/11/princess-yachts-v57-sporty-creature-comforts/ For more short takes from Fort Lauderdale, visit www.boats.com.

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At the very north of Ibiza you will find Portinatx, it's a former fishing village situated at a small and idyllic bay. About 150 meters wide, with fine sand, crystal clear and very shallow water. We stayed here for 2 days in the almost windless bay, at one of the white mooringballs in the water. We were the only boat in the bay, which is rare at Ibiza, to have a private bay :). But in February, we find sailing ideal here: lots of sun and almost no tourists.

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