Tag Archives: Andrew Cross

Just Sail It We gingerly motored out of the marina in Friday Harbor, set the main and shut down the engine just a few boat lengths from the entrance. That was the most the engine moved us forward for the … Continue reading →

Go Fly a Kite! Outside of racecourses and sailing photos, why is that you don’t see spinnakers all that often? Especially from the cruising crowd? Last Friday, as we sailed south under spinnaker across the Strait of Juan de Fuca … Continue reading →

Death and Taxes There are said to be just a few certainties in life, but there are many in cruising. One of those is that not only do things break; they just flat-out don’t work when we need them to. … Continue reading →

Savor the Flavor We are underway and pushing north through glass-flat water between islands. The sun has cleared the tall, snowcapped Cascade Mountains to the east, only to illuminate its sister range to our southwest, the Olympics. Two geese fly … Continue reading →

After All, it is a Sailboat Out of necessity and purely for reasons of ease, I have sailed boats large and small on and off docks on numerous occasions. Monday morning I was mentally preparing myself to do the same. … Continue reading →