Trip home from Israel went without a hitch ( Read more... )

Who got to touch a millenia old Phoenecian anchor today ( Read more... )

I have an unbelievable soreness in my left shoulder. Undoubtedly the after effect sailing in a gale and having the shit beaten out of me by a boat (that was getting the shit beaten out of it by the weather ( Read more... )

Sail Race yesterday on Puget Sound. I nearly fell in about two minutes into the race. I slid down the deck and under the lifelines. I managed to grab a stanchion as my body slid off the boat. The water came up to mid-thigh or so, but we were going so fast and we were heeled so far over that I was pretty much scooped into the boat. I was in the ( Read more... )

In some ways, June 1st is coming on furiously fast as a freight train and time passes so quickly my head spins.

In other ways, it cannot come fast enough.

What is weird is that time is passing both incredibly quickly and painfully slowly, all at the same time.

Over the years, I referred a great many of you to Dr. Patrick Kintner, my beloved and now retired dentist ( Read more... )

A week ago was my last day working at Trails.com. 21 months. Not a bad stint at all ( Read more... )

cold.

I am almost done co-teaching my first keelboat skipper class. It really is such a privilege to teach.

There was very little wind yesterday so we decided to do some compass work and then some navigation exercises. First order of the day was to make a compass deviation card.

( True Virgins Make Dull Companions--a bit on why compasses are great but also funny )

I am VERY disappointed that despite the obvious benefit of doing so, President Obama has thus far shown no interest in creating a special cabinet post for Aretha Franklin's hat.


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