Isla Isabel

  We stowed our sails and with the Yanmar thumping below, watched in fascination. A quarter-mile away thousands of frigate birds soared above the island ahead, […]

An Alaskan Sailing Adventure

Exploring the wonders of beautiful Kachemak Bay  (published November 2013) Anchored in Halibut Cove in Alaska’s Kachemak Bay State Park, my boyfriend, Arun Jain, and I […]

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 […]

Wintering at 70 Degrees North

A couple’s challenges in high latitude cruising are rewarded with beautiful scenery and people  (published August 2013) The morning sun lazily appeared from behind the mountain […]

Thirty-six Hours in Deshaies

A short stop in Guadeloupe provides many rewards  (published August 2013) While making the passage north from Dominica to Antigua for the Classic Yacht Regatta on […]

Mid-Atlantic Snag

Halfway across the ocean, their spinnaker came down and got tangled in the keel, rudder and prop. Here’s how they got going again.  (published July 2013) […]

Samoan Sojourn

A family finds more than just a great destination in the South Pacific  (published July 2013) I had flown into Samoa from Hawaii with my two […]