Time to Drool Over (and vote for) The Best Yacht Racing Photography Of The Year
byI admit I’m a bit biased but, wouldn’t you agree that nothing can stimulate the senses or evoke images of power, and freedom, and the intoxicating effects…
Soul
The sound of speed onboard the Gunboat G4
byAfter test-flying the fully foiling G4 from Gunboat and Holland Composites in St. Martin for the last several days, I can’t stop smiling. And I’m sure any of the…
Fight. Fight. Fight against the dying of the summer light.*
byI don’t think I’ve had as much fun sailing in all my life. Maybe that’s all there is to say. Maybe I’m simply some weird, tanned,…
It was 20 years ago today…
byActually, it was 21 years ago. Twenty-one years ago today when I washed ashore at JFK airport from Antigua after making a couple of pretty important…
Pure. Unadulterated. Joy.
byThe simple and profound joy of sailing a small boat may be more powerful now than it has ever been. After all the years. And all…
Pre-kid and Pregnant: A Caribbean Adventure
byOur historic last “Pre-kid Caribbean cruise” (taken several months before our unborn baby was to arrive) officially began on the edge of a waterfall-fed swimming hole…
Why I Sail
byIt was during a particularly inky-black night, when our boat was slicing through a patch of luminescent plankton on a recent trip from Bermuda up to…
Yaaaaachting back in time aboard a mighty O’Day 27
bySailing aboard the mighty Sea Spy this weekend was an unexpected joy. A bloody, ruddy joy, I say. I mean, how often does one get a…
Joy and sadness in the summertime
byYes, yes, yes, friends, my surprisingly joyful return to the sheer joy of sailing, and more specifically small-boat sailboat racing, is best summed up in the…