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Category Archives: Adventure
And on the 7th day, I heard a voice
I felt a little piece of my heart sink the moment I saw the boat. From my vantage point, the driver’s seat of a rental car, the vessel was hardly more than a white dot bobbing gently on a mooring … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Learning, personal growth, Resilience, Sailing
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The catamaran from hell, continued
The US Coast Guard rescue should have been a happy ending to the catamaran from hell story, but the travail continued. This was rooted in skipper Dave’s sympathy for the owners, John and Kat, who had cited a family medical emergency … Continue reading
The flying fish of fate
A year ago today I met a delightful elderly woman on the train when I traveled from Wilmington DE to Wilmington NC on my way to help with a private yacht transit to East Greenrich RI, over 800 miles away. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Community, Fun & Magic, Kindness, sailing
Tagged Adventure, Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Happiness, Inner Growth, Learning, Love, personal growth, Sailing
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HEAVEN under tow USCG-approved bacon-chipotle stovetop granola bars
Although the 1,555 mile delivery of HEAVEN–a leaky, creaky, stinky, noisy, and unseaworthy Lagoon 42 catamaran–was greatly trying and a minor disaster, a few good things did come of it. Like the recipe for HEAVEN Under Tow USCG- Approved Bacon-Chipotle … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Community, Fun & Magic, Kindness, sailing
Tagged Adventure, Community, Fun & Magic, Happiness, Kindness, Lagoon 42, Sailing
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That time the Coast Guard rescued us
So therrre I wuzzz*, unaware of what would soon begin as I stood my 4 a.m.- 8 a.m. watch aboard a 42’ catamaran that was 24’ wide. Two fellow crew, our skipper and I were charged to deliver the boat … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, sailing
Tagged Adventure, Coastie, Lagoon 42, Learning, Sailing, Sexual Assault, sexualized violence, USCG
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To those who think they envy my life
“If you can’t handle pain you can’t be a sailor.” – Shay Seaborne Periodically, people tell me that they envy the life I lead, but those who think they envy the sailor’s life rarely want to live it. Rather, from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Personal Calling, Resilience, Sailing
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The day I sailed a patio lounge chair
The day I sailed a patio lounge chair, six years ago, I was recovering from the flu and enjoying the unseasonably warm day by resting outdoors. I tried to nap in the sun, but the wind kept calling me to … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Fun & Magic, sailing
Tagged Adventure, Happiness, Inner Growth, Personal Calling, personal growth, Resilience, Sailing
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Leap into the void
During my transition from single-parent-homeowner-commuter-office-worker to itinerant sailor, I often said that the process was a kind of suicide, a killing off of an old life, of what no longer served me, of the person I had been. Like one … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, sailing, Thriving
Tagged Adventure, Fun & Magic, Happiness, Personal Calling, personal growth, Resilience, Sailing
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Night of the speed demon
During my 11-½ day epic offshore sailing voyage of over 1,700 miles, I began to gauge my performance as crew on whether it woke skipper Matt Rutherford from sleep on his 5-hour off watch. Some days and nights, he did … Continue reading
A secret wish come true
On Day 9 of my epic sail from Galesville, MD to Ponce, Puerto Rico, at about 1435, I was sitting on the port bench seat when I heard what I thought was a dolphin blow. “A dolphin!” I called, so … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Fun & Magic, sailing
Tagged Fun & Magic, Hunter 38 delivery, Sailing
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