Cruising Companion Publications
Welcome Aboard! This WEB site comes to you aboard the sailing vessel, The Other Woman, a 31' Allmand full masthead sloop anchored in Boot Key Harbor, Marathon in the Florida Keys or the Abaco Islands in the NW Bahamas!
Pending New Releases-Reference
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The Icom M802
Radio Manual for "Idi-Yachts" A guide for installing and using the
Icom M802 SSB/HAM DSC radio by Capt. Marti Brown
The long awaited "Idi-Yacht" manual for the Icom M802 Marine SSB/HAM DSC radio will be released in December. Finally a manual that is easy to understand! Learn how to use your M802 radio the easy way! Send and receive SSB Digital Selective Calling transmissions with confidence! Radio and radio modem installation tips included! Scheduled for release in December of 2008.
$34.95 (US) 200 pages. To Order CLICK HERE!
ISBN: 978-0-9715640-4-6
New Release-Fiction
Murder
At Stacy's Cove Marina, by Captain Marti Brown
It's hurricane season in Florida. Megan Smith is running for her life after a body turns up floating in her St. Petersburg marina. She's been unwittingly caught in the cross hairs of a domestic terrorist group that wants her dead. Fleeing to the Florida Keys on her sailboat, she soon discovers that you can run but you can’t hide. Run Megan, run!
An electrifying nautical thriller filled with fast paced action and suspense.
$14.95 (US), 224 pages. Release date March 14, 2008 To Order: Click Here or call 1-800-247-6553
ISBN: 978-0-9715640-3-9
Our Current Publications-SSB Radio Reference
Marine SSB Radio For "Idi-Yachts."®
A Guide For Using Marine Single Sideband Radio, by Captain Marti Brown. $24.95
Learn how to use your Marine SSB radio the easy way! Now 172 pages with revised and expanded sections on Digital Selective Calling, Weather & Traffic Nets for the East coast, Eastern & NW Caribbean, Pacific coast & Mexico, Emergency Hailing Frequencies, Weather Routing, SSB Radio Installation & Troubleshooting. The book will be available in all of the major online retailers and major retail chains in the U.S. and throughout the Bahamas. Click Here to preview the book. To Purchase The Book Click Here!
Our Current Publications-SSB Radio E-Mail Reference
SEND & RECEIVE WIRELESS RADIO E-MAIL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!
HF Radio E-Mail For "Idi-Yachts." A Guide For Setting
Up and Using Wireless E-mail Through HAM/Marine SSB Radio, by Captain Marti Brown. Click
HERE to preview the book! The first and
only guide available to help you set up and use your Wireless HF Radio E-mail system.
Send and receive E-mail and gather weather from anywhere in the world!
To purchase the book
Click Here.
Available at all fine nautical
retailers worldwide.
Our Mission
To become the leading provider of quality books on marine related topics such as; HAM and Marine SSB communications, HF Radio E-mail, Satellite Phone Communications, safety at sea, Weather & Weather gathering devices, Tropical cyclone and hurricane preparation for cruising boaters, and some fun and entertaining fiction. Books that cruising boaters will keep close at hand.
About the Author/Company
This battery driven, solar and wind turbine charged company, Cruising Companion Publications, is the brainchild of Captain Marti Brown; a female solo sailor that has been cruising the Florida Coast and the Bahamas since 1990. She is a HAM radio operator, a reporting station for the Hurricane Watch Net, an active member of the Waterway Radio and Cruising Club, the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Seven Seas Cruising Association. Marti is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, a licensed 100 ton Master USCG Captain, and currently resides in Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, in the Florida Keys on her 31' sailboat, The Other Woman.
Contact Information
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If you're cruising around Boot Key Harbor, Marathon in the Florida Keys from October through April, give a call on the VHF. If you're a HAM radio operator, you can usually find me on the Waterway Radio and Cruiser's Club Net on 7268 LSB from 0745-0830 local time. My call sign is KF4TRG. Fair waves-both radio and ocean! Click on the thumbnails to view from left to right; my boat, The Other Woman at anchor in Baker's Bay, Great Guana Cay, Abaco, Leslie & Bill's view from their house on Manjack Cay, Abaco, Cumulonimbus Mama cloud (supposed to be rare but I see them frequently), Water Spout off Manjack Cay in the Sea of Abaco, Sunrise in Georgetown, Exumas March 2004, a sunset in the Abacos during the summer of 2002, a Water Spout off Green Turtle White Sound, Abacos ,the Boot Key Harbor Mooring Field, two Manatees hugging and Capt. Marti.
