A sailing route less traveled by made all the difference (published September 2016) We continued our beat to windward, leaving Isla Saona, Dominican Republic for Puerto […]
Easting Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic, A Country of Contrasts
Here began our tour of the contrasts of the Dominican Republic as we cruised from small fishing villages to bustling cities (published August 2016) Departing Ile […]
Our Final Sail
The decision to switch from a symmetrical spinnaker to a Parasailor proved to be the right one for this cruising couple aboard their Pearson 424 (published […]
Leaving the Bahamas-Take Bruce or Frank
Deciding the best possible route to leave the Bahamas (published May 2016) As we proceeded south through the Bahamas, we made the inevitable stopover in George […]
No One’s Forecast Was Correct
December of 2015 and the first week of January 2016 will live in the weather records, history books, ships’ logs and personal diaries for the unusual […]
Making a Visual Commotion
A guide to everything you should know about visual communication (published March 2016) From our boat anchored alone between cities off the Indian River on July […]
No Fear, The Electronics of Getting Rescued
Sometimes all the preparation of getting ready to go cruising makes my head hurt but never more so than when it came time to replace/upgrade our […]
Keeping the Rig Up, It’s Not Just About the Wires
Over the last few years Jill, my wife, and I have read lots of stories of cruisers losing their rigs to one or another failure in […]
Get A Grip!
Stronger deck handles and no varnishing (published September 2015) A wise sailor once said to me, “sand or sail”. All his topside teak was unvarnished, gray, […]
The Queen Goes Digital
How we assissted, purchased and upgraded our electronics with the past, present and future in mind (published January 2015) After three and a half years in […]