(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 […]
Wintering in the Great Land
The Year of the Refit
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 […]
Time After Time
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 […]
Stop and Go
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 […]
Paradise Found in High Latitudes
(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 […]
Land Ho!
The culture shock of life ashore (published August 2017) Stepping from the marina parking lot onto the sidewalk, cars rushed by in a flash and I […]
For the Love of Alaska
Achieving a cruising dream (published June/July 2017) With our bright blue spinnaker poled out and full of wind, we sailed across the border between British Columbia […]
The Right Boat For You Is…
(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 […]
Learn Your Life Raft
(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 […]