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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Catching up – baby joggers to pack rafts to sails.
It’s been almost eight months since I last wrote here. Time keeps slipping by – below is a quick recap of some adventures since then. New resolutions are to write […]
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 […]