Hundreds of sailors answered one question on our sailing page: what would you tell someone buying their first sailboat? Sail first, pay for your own survey, the size argument, the real budget, and the cheap boat that costs the most.
Eight years in a van with no toilet, and hundreds of van lifers answered what they use instead: buckets and litter, fold-out loos, cassettes, composting toilets, wag bags, night bottles, and why the shower is the harder problem.
What staying at a nude campground is really like, from the people who do it: the two kinds of club and how to tell them apart, the towel rule, cameras, single men, day passes, what to pack, and the honest no side.
Lake sailing versus ocean sailing, answered by more than a hundred sailors who have done both: steep short chop versus long swell, fluky wind versus steady, tides, salt, and why a lake can scare you faster than the sea.
Fourteen red flags that an anchorage will be a bad night, from the cruisers who learned them the hard way: swell exposure, the wrong depth, boats pointing everywhere, the wrong fleet, and the moment to pull the hook and leave.
How to rent a campervan in Germany, from someone who just did it: who can rent, what to bring to the depot, which camper to choose, what it costs, where you can legally sleep, and what happens when something breaks.
Nine days by campervan from Munich through Königssee, Berchtesgaden, Tegernsee, Mittenwald, Garmisch, Linderhof and Neuschwanstein, with every camper park and its price, the hut hikes, and the four thermal saunas that made the trip.
Every sailor before 1990 crossed oceans on compass, clock, and paper. Here are the no-GPS navigation skills worth keeping alive, and how to practice them on your own boat.
Thirty-one clothing-optional hot springs across the West, from private resorts with written policies to BLM and Forest Service springs where nude soaking is the custom, each with the camping, fees, access and closures a van lifer needs.
Curious about nude or clothing-optional camping? Thirty-five campgrounds and resorts across the US that take vans, RVs and tents, each checked on its own site and labelled family nudist, adults-only or public land.
Twelve used campervan buying mistakes, from the inspection I skipped on my Craigslist Astro to the weight sticker nobody reads, with the cheap checks that catch each one.
Whether you want a diesel heater or a propane heater, there are plenty of options to staying warm and toasty in your van in winter. Here are our top picks.
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