Two Ships Passing in the Night

On a sailboat at sea at night, the only company you have is the wind, the waves, the bioluminescence (if the water is clean), the stars (if the sky is clear) and the moon (if you’ve timed your passage with

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Waiting out the Weather

A sailboat is a boat (i.e., a hull, a keel, and a rudder) attached to a sail (usually, a main sail and a foresail, and sometimes, also a spinnaker and a staysail). The hull moves forward through the water because

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Feels Like Home to Me

January 27, 2015 – Bahamas Thomas Wolfe says you can never go home. That is, unless “home” is a mobile home (i.e., a sail boat).   Coming home to Blue Moon is the most amazing feeling. Yes, she’s small (though

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