Yesterday afternoon I stretched out in the cockpit of Daphne. My legs propped up on the aft cabin, my arm shading my eyes from the sun, and my gaze brushing across the pages of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. In the past year reading has taken on a new meaning for me.
No longer am [...]
I became aware of my conviction in holding traditional navigational skills as a highly revered craft when I purchased a large offshore chart that needed to be folded in order to fit on Daphne’s small table. With each crease I laid in the chart, with each pleat I tucked into its edges I cringed. Silently, [...]
When it comes to topics related to Voluntary Simplicity, Technology is a source for heated debate. On one hand, many Simplicity advocates feel a strong opposition to technology and go as far a saying that it is “evil,” or you aren’t living simply if you participate in today’s techno-culture. On the other hand, with technology [...]
Teresa’s posting title: “Crew Wanted” was all it took to get me frantically digging up my resume, polishing off a “why-chose-me-as-your-crew” letter, and hitting the send button.
In the following weeks, friends and family would express both worry and wonder over my sudden decision to sail off, days away from any sight of land, with a [...]
Gretta stopped in The Sail Loft for a visit. Her father builds wooden boats in the shop below. Barefoot, with long blond hair, little Gretta decided that on this day she would learn to sew a canvas bucket while her brother cut wooden planks for the sailboats downstairs.
“Its like a ‘Girl Saw’,” she said to [...]
”To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest,” explains Sterling Hayden in his book “Wanderer.” And a big Thank You to John for reminding me of Hayden’s words and his book at a time when I need to be reminded.
My journey was most certainly [...]
How many sailors does it take to change a light bulb?
Two.
One to unscrew the bulb and replace it with a new one, and another to hoist the first sailor up the mast.
Its maintenance day about Daphne and there are a few important projects to do before I get underway again. I tied a bowline on [...]
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I recently happened upon a sailing magazine while taking pause during a downpour and killing time in a boating store. The magazine’s focus was small sailboats and pocket cruisers. “Look at this,” I said to Ben, my partner and fellow pocket cruiser enthusiast, handing him a copy. We loved the magazine! Finally, a publication that [...]
It had been a long day of working and a relaxing dinner with Benji was overdue. We put away our projects, cleared the small table, and began to unload the icebox to see what ingredients we had for a meal. With the clouds filling the sky blocking any power from being generated by a sunbathing [...]
Sailing, Simplicity, and the Pursuit of Happiness plays on one of the most famous phrases in the Declaration of Independence that states that three of our unalienable rights are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Through my journey and time spent writing on this blog, I hope to examine my life dreams within the [...]
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