As we approached Blind Island State Park near Shaw Island on Monday afternoon, the sun wriggled free from the clouds and a light mist fell. A…
A circumnavigation of Fidalgo Island
“Why not go down to Deception Pass?” my buddy Mike asked as I took a drink from a pint of cold IPA. We were bellied up…
Race Report: From wipeouts to windless going Round the County
As I walked through Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes early on Saturday morning, halyards slapped in a chaotic harmony and a steady rain tested my foulies.…
Boys on the boat: What works for us
Other parents often ask us how it is raising the boys on the boat. Whether they are aspiring to the cruising lifestyle themselves or are…
Achieving cruising balance on the Salish Sea
The sun shined through Yahtzee’s windows, illuminating the cabin and gleaming off our brass oil lamp swaying near the mast. The boat bobbed on a…
Exploring Washington’s Marine State Parks: Solitude rediscovered at Hope Island
A deer grazed near the old windmill by the caretaker’s small, brown house and raccoons glanced at us from under a walnut tree as my…
Live-aboards go head to head to decide who’s got the fastest house on the Sound
Dinghies swung from davits, grills hung on push pits and wind generators whirred as area live-aboards took to the Puget Sound on Sunday to decide who’s got…
Boat Notes | 1985 Morris Justine 36: Perfectly simple sailing
“The design of the Morris 36 by Chuck Paine is as perfect as I have seen. I could own this boat with absolutely no change.”…
Reflecting on a year of full-time cruising in the Pacific Northwest
On August 30, 2014 we casted off our dock lines at Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle for the last time as permanent residents and pointed…
On the move, reconnecting with friends and picking up a new ride
Our spring and summer in Canada was largely spent lazily hopping from anchorage to anchorage, with very little in the way of an actual schedule.…