The Boat Galley – Blogger to Blogger

The Boat Galley Provides Valuable Tips and Tricks for Boaters! –

Occasionally you’ll come across someone who will inspire you. A few years ago I started to follow The Boat Galley, a popular boating blog created by a talented woman, Carolyn Shearlock, a full-time cruiser. Being a fellow blogger, I can appreciate the valuable content she shares with boaters. The depth of her skills, as a writer and marketer with tech-savvy computer skills, is impressive. Carolyn is a popular force in the boating community. It’s easy to see why—she loves to learn and is eager to share that knowledge with other boaters. How she does this is brilliant with a simple, well-designed, user-friendly, blog.

Carolyn started by writing a cookbook and sharing tips for cooking on a boat. In the natural progression of things, The Boat Galley expanded to include more information on boating, living on-board, cruising, and gear.

“The Boat Galley can help you with tips, reviews, and how-tos for every step of boating. From deciding if cruising’s for you to chartering, buying a boat, outfitting it, moving and living aboard, cooking, getting underway, even maintaining and repairing your boat.”–The Boat Galley

https://theboatgalley.com

From reading articles on The Boat Galley, and being a subscriber to her newsletters, I read that Carolyn and her husband, Dave, spend a lot of time in Marathon, Florida. We are in Marathon, so I contacted her, hoping we could meet… blogger to blogger. My goal was to pick her brain about some aspects of blogging I did not have experience with. I found Carolyn so friendly and open to a meeting during our text messaging back and forth. I said to myself, “I should have done this sooner?”

We planned to meet at the Hurricane Bar & Grille, right next to the office at Blackfin Resort and Marina where we dock our boat. I found out that Carolyn is the real deal, a trailblazer for the boating community. She has spunk and a beautiful smile. Carolyn is more than willing to help anyone with anything–even more so if it relates to the subject of boating.

After lunch, I asked Carolyn to come down to the marina to see Kismet and meet Jim. I also wanted to surprise a friend, Tammi. She is living with her husband on their boat, Liberty, and doing the Great Loop–she follows The Boat Galley with regularity. Can’t tell you how many times over the winter Tammi referenced Carolyn’s blog as the source for some items she bought for her boat.

A big thanks to Carolyn for taking the time to sit and talk with me about blogging. I don’t get to do that often, almost NEVER!