(published March 2018) A fresh blanket of snow covers Yahtzee when I arrive to tackle another day of boat projects. Before heading below to switch on […]

Boat work means lists, projects and knowing it will all be worth it  (published January/February 2018) Switching my electric sander off, I watched dust settle around […]

A concept that is both fixed and fluid aboard a cruising sailboat  (published November/December 2017) When I came on deck at 11 p.m. it was still […]

Making tough decisions to keep the cruising life afloat  (published October 2017) Sitting on a pebble beach, I poked our fire with a stick while Jill […]

(published September 2017) It’s June and I’m cold. A heavy rain pelts my black Musto jacket and I pull the brim of the hood down slightly […]

(published May 2017) When I overheard Porter, our newly minted four-year-old, say, “Mom, I love Yahtzee” while being tucked into bed for the night, I couldn’t […]

(published April 2017) With sea boots and foul weather gear full of water, I stepped onto the bottom rung of the life raft’s boarding ladder and […]

(published March 2017) Laying in my bunk, I could hear and feel the wind changing. A soft harmonic wind blew through the rigging and I listened […]

(published February 2017) Few things on a sailboat are as important as a rudder. Don’t check your rudder, post, seals and skeg (if you have one) […]

(published November 2016) When the rain came, I pulled my hood over my hat, lowered my head slightly to look at the compass and took my […]