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Last Pacific Sunset
Sitting on the bow pulpit seat, I can barely hear the throb of the motor. In these calm waters, the last few hundred miles to Australia,...
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- Nov 20, 2021
- 2 min
There’s not much to say about Tahanea.
Which is quite sublime. Most places in the world could have a book written about them. Two or ten thousand years ago this place was much...
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- Nov 20, 2021
- 2 min
Zen and the art…of repair.
This is my friend at ElectroSAV. I am at an electronics shop and he’s showing me how to solder in a new resistor for the galley lighting...
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- Nov 20, 2021
- 5 min
Memento Mori
It’s 2am and I’m on watch as we sail from Tahiti to the Tuamotus. Fakarava actually. The crew is below, asleep. My cockpit companions:...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
The Feline Astronomer.
You can point out the moon to your cat, but she will probably just nuzzle your finger! A provocative line in a book I’m reading. It made...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 5 min
This is the only therapy a human needs.
I crane to look above me, slowly turning and searching for the source of the wrinkled, falling shadows. Through the motes of early...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 1 min
Ultimate Construction
We aim to cultivate thoughtfull intelligence. We want our kids to know how the world works, but also the joy and power of learning, and...
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- Feb 1, 2020
- 22 min
Crossing the Pacific--Ships Log
Today we will leave civilization. We will hoist and stow anchor and sail south across the doldrums and then 3200 nautical miles...
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- Jan 29, 2020
- 5 min
The end of an engine...
In the stillness of early morning the whales are crying in the sea. The mournful calls transmit across this shallow ocean through our...
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- Jan 29, 2020
- 6 min
How not to impress your wife and family!
I tucked the paperback into the helm-seat. The interruption of Conrad’s Chance first started with the gastric disturbance welling from...
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- Jan 29, 2020
- 4 min
Crossing to the Berrys
Crossing to the Berrys Despite the constant fury of sounds, motions and airs, it is usually the smallest of changes that awakens. Rarely...
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- Jan 27, 2020
- 12 min
Cubanos...
Cuba is a lanky cowboy named Jesus sitting a donkey in a baseball diamond. Toes dragging the blanched dirt, tending his goats. Cuba is a...
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- Jan 27, 2020
- 3 min
First Night Out...
First night out 2/9/18 The sun has slipped behind Fort Lauderdale leaving an ochre bruise in the western sky; to the east we sail under...
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