Mahina Hathaway, Author at 45 Degrees Sailing

Author: Mahina Hathaway

What is a flotilla? Flotilla’s have been popular in charter yacht areas like the Caribbean, Turkey and Croatia for years. It is essentially a group

PFD’s. Short for personal flotation devices, and also known as life jackets or buoyancy aids. You used to get those big orange foam ones. And

A few years ago, we got an awesomely cheap deal to fly from Amsterdam, Netherlands back to New Zealand. Of course, a cheap deal meant

Part Two: What to know before you get OFF the boat Taking a boat out and sailing the Adriatic really is as idyllic as it

Being based around Marina Kaštela right from our first summer here in Croatia back in 2016 meant that we got to know Kaštela pretty well.

Part One: What to know before you get ON the boat Summer holidays are always looked forward to with lots of excitement and anticipation. There

Provisioning. Just one of the terms that we use to refer to buying food and other grocery items for your yacht. We already have a

Part One: What to know before you get ON the boat Summer holidays are always looked forward to with lots of excitement and anticipation. There

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