Almost three months to the day and I am back in my van. It took some coaxing to get started and then ease out of the narrow space next to […]
Sailing Bermuda to West Indies
Sailing south from Bermuda was certainly warmer than the first leg out of Rhode Island. The stars filled the sky during my watch and I wasn’t retreating down into the […]
Landfall in Bermuda
The night feels like I’m inside a space capsule hurtling back to earth through the atmosphere. Or maybe in a fiberglass capsule being dragged across the ocean waves by a […]
Sailing Sisserou From Rhode Island to Bermuda
Most of the sailboats have disappeared except our boat Sisserou and a few stragglers. I am in Newport, Rhode Island gearing up for my first offshore sailing experience. Not much […]
Sailing the Saroca in the Salish Sea
When my sailboat got hoisted out of the water in early August, her propeller strut bent and algae clinging to her hull, I knew it would be a long battle […]
All good things must come to an end. Or a pause.
I’m supposed to be writing this while anchored in a wind-sheltered cove someone deep in the Canadian Gulf Islands. My words describe the ocean birds that grace the shore and […]
East of the San Juans: New York, Thailand, Cambodia, New York.
Read time: 10 minutes No fancy literary allegories here. Just plain ol’ catch-up since my post about sea kayaking in the San Juan Islands last fall. Suffice to say, I […]
Summer of Wind and Sail
The seasons are changing and part of me is relieved to feel the cooler nights and see the occasional leaf fall to the ground. This summer I stretched my legs […]
From Paddling the Cayahoga to Sailing the Intercoastal Waterway
About a year ago my aunt Mimi started asking if I was going to come to the family reunion in July. I had missed the last one about 30 years […]
Sailing in the Indian Ocean
In 2013, I learned that the best way to wash the dirt off from Kilimanjaro is to visit Zanzibar, a small island off the coast of Tanzania. Last month, after […]