123. Short hops, long stops.

Photo art by Anika Tizliarishvili Note: I just realized that I accidentally skipped two important stories, one about an incident on the Pacific side in Turtle Bay, and other about completing our trip south and making that triumphant step of turning the corner at the south end of Baja, Cabo San Lucas and heading backContinue reading “123. Short hops, long stops.”

121. We have an emergency!

Credit: Sail Magazine A brief reminder of how I finished my story about meeting up with the three boats who would be part of our tribe heading south. As we drank and traded sailing stories, all of which involved misjudgments, miscalculations, and downright foolishness, which were nearly disastrous (“And that’s when I realized this wasContinue reading “121. We have an emergency!”

120. Meet our new tribe.

Photo art by Anika Tizliarishvili As we prepared to start heading south with our new tribe which included three other boats, our boat was like a VW amongst Mercedes. The other boats were large and well equipped. Our boat was tiny, but we were hopeful, and brimming with over-confidence. Eclipse was the biggest boat andContinue reading “120. Meet our new tribe.”