Position: 24°58’19.6″N 76°11’00.3″W There’s not much history on the sleepy settlement of Tarpum Bay. We know that the impressive white and blue-trimmed church overlooking the harbor was built in 1849 and appears to have been in business ever since. Other buildings …
Position: 24°13’10.1″N 75°28’04.8″W There are those that argue the purpose of life is to propagate it, that everything else is mere window dressing. And what of love? Isn’t our destiny to fall in love and fulfill our desires? Perhaps it …
Position: 24°12’26.3″N 75°25’43.7″W A little video of life on board and under sail. One of those perfect days when you want to sit back, relax and make a music video on Cat Island. In this case it was Bach or …
Position: 24°10’20.3″N 76°26’38.1″W Periodically people ask us what we do for food on Aleta. The short answer is we do much the same as we do at home, we shop, we store, we cook, we eat. It’s a relatively simple …
Take Your Time A. You are sailing south on a course of 180 degrees magnetic at 7 knots. According to your radar and AIS there is a large ship sailing north along your track at 25 knots and is currently …
Position: 45°04’25.8″N 6°02’57.2″E Having sold all three of my bicycles it’s time for a bit of nostalgia. This is what I was doing 10 years ago, riding up the Alpe d’Huez, one of the premier climbs on the Tour de …
Position: 45°22’25.7″N 122°37’34.4″W The ransom of a man’s life are his riches – Proverbs 13:8 Rules for running away to sea: Rule #1: Sell the house first! Having broken rule #1 we’ve been hard at work over the past four …
They say you’re not a sailor until you’ve run aground. From my quick analysis the unhappy folks in this short video have reached the highest echelons of boat handling. Don’t try this at home!
Position: 23°31’11.4″N 75°45’21.5″W “I fell into a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down and the flames went higher, and it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire.” That line from Johnny Cash’s song about battling the aftereffects …
