Archive for February, 2011
Every now and then, I find it healthy to succumb to urgent spontaneity…
All points have converged on a small town in New Zealand, where two of my best friends BOTH happen to have ended up with their significant others, totally by chance… I’ve been telling Katie (my fondest female… Read the rest
Meet standard marine sanitation hose, my dreaded nemesis. At first glance, you don’t think much of it—it’s a blandly white, 1 ¾ inch-diameter plastic hose reinforced with wire. How evil could it be? It serves important plumbing functions, usually the dirtiest jobs aboard boats. But despite its beneficial qualities, the… Read the rest
Somewhere in my subconscious, I know it’s dawn. Force my eyes open, I roll out of bed for a peek… What? It’s pumping, again?! So much for sleeping in… Part of me hoped it would be flat after the week or more of non-stop swell… I wonder if my arms… Read the rest
“You know what the first rule of sailing is? … Love. You can learn all the math in the ‘verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don’t love, she’ll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she … Read the rest
On the 30th… Read the rest of January, Swell and I celebrated 5 years of voyaging together!
Top 5 things I’ve learned:
1. Be grateful for what’s good and find the positive in every situation and person.
2. Try first, then decide if you ‘can’ or ‘can’t’.
3. Hard work will almost
