Exotic, yet Simple While experimenting with my electric pressure cooker (Instant Pot), I ...
Sailing Home
Offshore Sailing is like… The best way for me to describe an offshore passage is to have you imagine driving an RV across country…except instead of an RV, you’re driving a boat…and instead of traveling a highway it’s more of an amusement park ride, part roller coaster and part lazy river…and instead of being able…
Going Offshore
Short Hops vs Giant Offshore Leap It’s possible to sail between ports in the US and Bahamas in short, day hops of 50 to 60 miles at a time. Yet, as we prepare to sail north to Beaufort, NC, we’re considering another approach…to just send it and go offshore. Weighing the Options The argument in…
Dropping the Hook – it’s a drag when you get it wrong!
“Yikes!! That’s not how that’s supposed to work!” All we could do is watch helplessly from our cockpit as a big catamaran was aimlessly floating sideways towards a trawler anchored behind it. The wind had shifted 180 degrees, blown up to 25 kts. and the rain was coming down in buckets. The trawler’s crew was…
