Storing dinghies forward of the mast as in the photo above has benefits and problems.
It makes launching with the spinnaker halyard easy, and raising the dink at night leaving it alongside is simple. And often there is no other location that is practical.
There are two major negatives. The first is your sight lines from aft, […]
We left Great Harbour Cay Marina this morning at 6:00 A.M. and had a wonderful cruising day. The waves were small, the wind was nonexistent, and the temperature was around 80 degrees. It doesn’t get better than that. We went 74 miles in 8 hours and 43 …
One year ago today Bruce Perry and I departed from Kent Narrows in the Chesapeake Bay. What a year it’s been! So many adventures on the waterways, so many lasting memories, yet one agonizing tragedy with the loss of Rich Hess. Still, I am thankful for …
This afternoon, Brian, Isha and and our darling granddaughter Bella leave for Anchorage – they have been here since Monday the 25th, but the time has gone much too fast. I am sitting at the hotel pool watching them swim together in delightfully warm wa…
The weather predictions today were for rain, storms and wind. We got a little bit of rain, lots of cloud and wind, but no storms. Had decided we could use a day to get caught up on chores anyway, so stayed here another day. Took the courtesy car i…
While waiting for offshore weather to improve, we decided to stop in at Bodega Bay. It’s situated north of San Francisco in southern Sonoma County. A quiet spot off the beaten path with a secure harbor many commercial fishermen call home….
While waiting for offshore weather to improve, we decided to stop in at Bodega Bay. It’s situated north of San Francisco in southern Sonoma County. A quiet spot off the beaten path with a secure harbor many commercial fishermen call home….
After dropping the boys 5 nm from our anchorage we continued on and anchored, deployed the flopper stopper, only one was needed as the weather was calm and only necessary as we know from experience that the swell develops later in the evening. The boys…
We just left a hell hole of a marina in Nassau Harbour and had the absolute worst three nights EVER and we were tied up in a marina! It was nothing but rocking and rolling and surge all day and all night, not to mention t…
As we left Wrightsville Beach, we couldn’t help but notice our antithesis, cigarette boats. Hope the owners are still asleep! This was a day for bridges. This is a bascule bridge, better known as a drawbridge.This bridge would be described as a …
