No bones about it, the cruising world is a very extensive culture and one that is new to me. And as is perhaps always the case, when you’re suddenly immersed in a new culture, you notice things...
Crescent moon, low on the horizon. One bright star above it, or maybe a planet. It could be reddish, maybe it’s Mars. Wish I had a star chart. So many stars in the sky! Unimaginable. There’s no...
St Helena is a very interesting place. No marina or docks: we’re tied up to a mooring ball and use the radio to request a pickup by the ferry on his hourly trips through the mooring field. After...
Ten minutes to the hour I crawl out of bed, make myself presentable*, go upstairs to relieve Dunbar. He gives me a quick debrief on his shift - making good speed, wind has us directly on course, 410...
It’s well known that normal, healthy humans shed hairs off their heads. 25 or 50 a day, something like that. But when you have very long, very dark hair, and you’re in an enclosed environment...
Sunday we went out for a bit, sailed down to Cape Town to get some drone shots of Vingilótë against Table Mountain, to tour the Inner Harbor of Cape Town. We had a blast. We ran down wind with the...
Vingilótë is something else. She's comfortable and a boat load of fun to sail!
Vingilótë is designed to be sailed by just Irene and me. And, in case if emergencies, or for many situations where your other is busy, to be sailed by one. To that end all halyards, reefing line,...
Vingilótë is launched into St. Francis Bay Buying a boat is like buying a house and a car, with all of the paperwork of both and way more complicated. Registration - State or Coast Guard? Does it...