It’s a virtual certainty that problems will arise at sea. Solutions are not always as inevitable. The goal is to minimize the number and severity of […]
The Inevitability of Problems
Preparing to Sail South
The fall migration from the East Coast to the Caribbean takes planning and preparation (published August 2015) Only you can decide whether this is the year […]
The Galley Guide: Cooking Underway
There is nothing like a hot meal at the end of a hard day of sailing, especially on passage. (published August 2015) It is not always […]
Heading Back to Sea
It’s a familiar theme, but as with all long distance passages, there are-and will be-vast differences. (published August 2015) It’s early June and another transatlantic passage […]
Third Time Success
In her third attempt, the 70-year-old author completes a solo, non-stop circumnavigation aboard her 38 foot sloop (published July 2015) In the darkness of the early […]
Confessions of a Reluctant Voyager
An experienced sailor finds the inspiration and education he needs to fulfill his passagemaking dreams (published March 2015) I’m no Magellan, Cook or Ericson. No Chichester, […]
Fitting Out for the South Pacific
How we prepared our boat in Mexico to go offshore (published October 2013) Sailing is pretty basic; as long as the boat floats, has sails to […]
Accidental Circumnavigation
Part One: A couple’s unexpected journey around the world (published September 2013) I would have never stepped aboard Miss Jody had I known we would end […]
Uphill to Tahiti
A couple takes the road less traveled across the South Pacific (published September 2013) In the early 1980s a 25-year-old American named James Baldwin sailed alone […]
Mexico to the Marquesas
A South Pacific dream is fulfilled with a passage west (published August 2013) Will opened his sleepy eyes and looked at me with a puzzled expression […]