Martin Archives 2

• Border Control: Part 2.
• Border Control: Part 1. The Martins remember a voyage where they dodged the usual heavy weather in Mexico's Gulf of Tehuantepec, only to face more insidious challenges ashore.
• Don't Forget to Dot Your A's & Cross Your O's: Part 3. Crossing the language barrier while cruising in Norway.
  
• Don't Forget to Dot Your A's & Cross Your O's: Part 2. More on cruising kids adapting to new cultures.
• Don't Forget to Dot Your A's & Cross Your O's: Part 1. One advantage of cruising with kids is seeing them thrive in foreign classrooms.
• Mutiny from a Marriage: Dave recalls a scandal that to this day enhances married life with Jaja.
• Ocean Sailing with Parents - Part Two
• Ocean Sailing with Parents - Part One
• Centrifugal Forces : Using a bicycle when cruising.
• Memories for Sail: The joys and pitfalls of collecting souvenirs around the world.
• Lofoten Fever: Ignoring warnings from locals, the Martins venture into Lofoten Fjord, where DRIVER narrowly misses an avalanche.
• Blood Is Thicker than Water: Nine-year-old Chris Martin fills the diesel tank with water.
• Cultural Confusion: When the Martin kids enrolled in an Icelandic school, they had to adapt to the local culture.
• If Wishes Were Forces then Sailors Would Glide: A treatise on seasickness.
  
• Smoke Screen : Remembering Jaja's ill-fated first lesson with a kerosene stove.
• Automatic Recycling: An easy way to get rid of rum bottles in the Bahamas.
• Y Knot?: As production boats begin to look more alike, their names become increasingly weirder.
• Varnishing and the Facts of Life - Part 3
• Varnishing and the Facts of Life - Part 2
• Varnishing and the Facts of Life - Part 1
• A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush: There's not much room on board for the kids' pet Budgee.
• No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Misadventures in a South African game preserve.
• A Passage from Dante: Dave Martin recalls a passage from the English Channel to the Azores, with an injured crewmember.
• Seize the Moment: Rescuing a dragging boat, Dave and Jaja are mistaken for pirates.
• A Note-Worthy Story: Finding a message in a bottle.
• Tete a Tete: The fine art of communication on board.
• The Eye Is Quicker than the Brain: Surviving a dinghy mishap in Fiji.
• The Anchor that Got Away: Diving in the tropics, Jaja finds a Danforth-style anchor abandoned in 30 feet of water. Getting it aboard proves to be more than she bargained for.
• Faking a List and Checking it Twice: Calling Santa on the VHF radio.
• Hung-Up on Simplicity: A boson's chair can represent different things to different people.
• Sex, and the Art of Mirth Control: Some unexpected thrills when provisioning in Iceland.
• More than I Bargained For: Haggling with the help of the kids.
• Shell Shocked: Fleeing from crocodiles in Australia, the Martins encounter something even more dangerous.

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