Being on a sailboat often means having a plethora of beach and wading opportunities. It also means space is at a premium. You'll have to load everything into the dinghy, or carry it with you if you are walking there.

I'm going to be heading back to the states, and am planning on upping my beach game. While the only thing I currently have is a little shade tent that I barely use, what I have on my list, based on hanging out with other cruisers at the beach, are as follows:

• Ball/Frisbee (catch is crazy fun, and as a grown up, I don't do it enough)
• Beach Chair (just to keep yourself off the sand)
• Portable cooler of some kind for beverages
• Beach blanket/towel (again, sand buffer)

What would you add?

So a boat neighbor of mine was just telling me that he's got an entire locker configured just for an onboard hydroponics setup. I'm gonna head over at some point this week to check it out, but he mentioned that it all started with this book.

You will notice a couple of things.

• This book was published in 1981.
• Amazon lists it for $75 (paperback)
• If you just Google it, there are a lot of freely available PDF versions
• On the fourth page of the pdf, it says you can order your own copy for $7.95 + $.50 postage and handling.

Regardless, I think I'm going to enjoy this.

Not sure how well this will work, sharing a post from a different community.