Andy and Jill Cross and their two young sons are dedicated cruisers. They have spend the last year cruising from Seattle to Alaska where they are spending the winter. Andy was the editor of Cruising Compass for three years and now writes a blog for the website Three Sheets Northwest. Check out his recent article below.
Crouching at the water’s edge, I picked up a smooth black stone and gripped it in my palm. Magnus stood next to me — clad in his wetsuit with boogie board in hand — and I talked him through his latest attempt at setting out into the cold water of Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Then he went for it and I smiled watching him splash his way into the clear blue water before launching the rock far beyond him. Read more.