Sailing Vessel Precipice

The NOAA has a network of weather buoys that are maintained by the Coast Guard. There are two of them in Lake Michigan. The one in souther...

The final step is unloading the sailboat from the truck and placing it at its new home. Now I have to redo all I undid. The mast has to go...

This is the scary part. I really can't describe the feelings I was having watching my boat go down the highway. I followed for about 1...

Now that the mast is out, I have spent a week taking anything out of the interior that could rattle, rub, break loose, shift, or cause mayh...

My children think it is normal to spend the day at a boatyard playing. It is amazing what they find to play with. Bianca is a caped horse...

The mast has to be removed and packed up for transport. I removed every single piece of wire and line so that there would not be any ch afi...

The next step to transporting a wooden boat is to pressure wash the bottom of the boat (gently so you don't blast the cotton caulking o...

This is the first step to getting a boat from Massachusets to Michigan. You have to get it out of the water. The first thing I found out ...

The great part about a wooden boat is that it is made up of individual pieces. Each piece can be inspected and if necessary, replaced. In th...

This X mark so unceremoniously scratched on the hull of our boat is a rotten spot. The boat is not perfect. Stomach churns. Owner shifts we...

When you finally find a surveyor that you think you can trust - pay him or her well. This person is your only defense against a disease that...

As soon as you find the vessel that is the best compromise for your conflicting needs (like space vs. money), the lies start. Lies. For inst...

We just spent the last five years looking for the Sailboat that is the best compromise for the criteria that we are looking for to embark on...

I purchased a sextant this winter because . . . they look so cool. The problem is that understanding what the angle means as far as your lo...

January and feburary are the longest, most expensive months to live in Grand Rapids, MI. I find myself caught between two very large extreme...

My wife told me about a friend of hers who is teaching people how to ride the bus. I thought to myself, "How silly, how hard can it be...

One thing i know for sure, it's cold. And wow Christmas is coming fast. Another thing i know for sure is that on-line shopping is the be...

Ok, some members of my sailing team have reminded me that the first time we went sailing was actually a week before the November 17 freeze. ...

I will always remember the date November 17. It was the day that our family sailed together on our own boat for the first time. We froze. ...