Sometime in the mid 1980s I was returning to work in Prudhoe Bay (in the oilfields on the North Slope of Alaska) and stopped at…
Generally when too many people are in too small of a space for too long of a time, there will be drama. Something will go…
A few years after we began sailing and living aboard, I decided I wanted to start building my confidence and sailing skills. We already were…
The news reports are finally coming out of Canada that Prime Minister Trudeau is considering re-opening the US/Canada border in mid-August. For us, that’s too…
Alaska is clearly not in our plans for the summer of 2021. I have a four month leave from work – what shall we do? Boat work always starts with a list.
A little more on why we don’t sail offshore to Alaska. We have a lot of ocean miles on ourselves and the boat and are…
Cruising Plans are always written in the sand at low tide.
Well, first off, we gave away all of our Alaska cruising guides. Here’s one of the many things wrong with over 60, we have no…
Covid continues to mess with our lives in so many ways. Now we’re pondering what my retirement date really looks like. I hate to retire…
While replacing bungs on our teak deck this summer, I ran into a board that needed replacing. There was a small hole in the board…