Not@All-Computers Unplugged

Maintain a Reasonably Connected Lifestyle without a Direct Connection

Do you get heart palpitations when your signal indicator goes to one bar on your Blackberry? Wondering if you'll have an internet connection on your honeymoon?

There are literally 1000's of sites dedicated to helping people stay connected while they travel, but what if you can't.. I mean what if there was no way. It could be a vacation or business trip to remote locations, a trip without a computer/pda (oh my god NO!!) or an extended business trip without the IT guy. The adventure traveller of the future will be defined as the one who as goes beyond the edge of the Internet, and survives. Isn't that one of the things that makes remote places so nice and exotic?

This site is dedicated to helping you. We have spent five years sailing around the world with no direct connection to the internet. We've survived and I think we've actually done pretty well for ourselves. We run three websites and have had a lot of success and fun living unplugged. We have a website dedicated to helping sailors get ready to sail around the world or head off on an extended blue water voyage. We believe there may be others who are interested in learning how to live in a world where the internet isn't at your figure tips.

Some Links
Communication
Prepare to Unplug
Backup Your Drives
No Connection?
Organizing Offline Data
Connecting with Wireless
Internet Cafe Cautions
Travel Laptop Options
Computer Travel Accesories

Let us know what you think and we'll see where this goes.

If you're bored you can check out our Journals, photos and blogs of our five year (and still going) 30K Mile adventures. We even have Google Earth anchorage waypoints, our route, and journal, photo placemarks for trip so far.

Really Old News

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.
11/20/07: I don't even know where to begin. We added a store (read our announcement), cleaned up the pages and some easier to access (and control spam) forms for email, feedback and spreading the word.
11/02/07: Changed background color, added Google Maps
4/14/07: Added Site Search, a comment section, and better linking to our other sites (via search results). Also added ads..Hey gotta try and pay the bills somehow.
2/10/07: Updated some of the email information to pictures after getting spammed repeatedly. Added this seasons changes.
10/05/06: Changed format of fishing catch log to make it easier to add more (hey the fishing's good!!).. Also added Lure and weather condition information for each fish. Added to the navigation bar.
9/1/06: Updated the fishing section into a printable Sailboat Offshore Fishing Tips with some photos of recent catches
8/5/06: Made some formatting changes and added some pictures to the what works page
5/13/06: Our first website: sharing what's worked, what hasn't and some of the changes we've made along the way.

Creative Cruising Concepts Blog

We have created this blog to try and address issues that may be preventing you from realizing your sailing dreams; be it a serious ocean crossings, coastal cruising, or long term live aboard cruising on your own yacht "off the grid".

We have created this blog as a companion to our Creative Cruising Concepts website. We hope to be able to update it more dynamically than our website while we are away from Internet access, sailing around the world in our yacht SV Billabong

If you are interested in travel journals, photos and some Google earth details of our travels in the South Pacific (five years and 30k miles) please visit SV Billabong's Home Page.

For the latest updates including details from sea or remote non-Internet locations see SV Billabong's Blog page.