Since we don’t have a car or bikes, people often wonder how we get around and do day-to-day things ashore like taking the boys to…
Hurry up and live: Cruising at our own pace has its rewards
Long shadows cast throughout the cove as Porter and I walked hand in hand back towards our kayak. With bursts of energy he’d climbed rocks,…
Spontaneous racing in the Shipwrights’ Regatta
There are qualities in a partner that you love because you don’t have them and there are qualities that you love because they’re mutual. Spontaneity…
With a little help from our friends: Yahtzee’s back in the water and heading north
It was two Friday’s ago that I slid Yahtzee’s companionway hatch closed and descended a ladder at Canal Boatyard in Seattle. A long list of…
Patience with the sailing plan pays off
We were about halfway across a gray, windless Strait of Juan de Fuca when a westerly breeze filled in and the sun broke through the…
Yahtzee’s crew tries a new take on s’mores and can never go back
Hand over small hand, Porter clenched tight to the tail of the main halyard as I grinded the winch. When we were done, he scurried over,…
Guests of the eagles on Patos Island
A light mist turned into a steady rain while making a pit stop at Roche Harbor for water and a few extra provisions on cool…
Yahtzee welcomes a new crewmember and a new year
Our sails were full of wind and the boat was full of happiness as we sailed westward away from Bellingham and toward 2015 as a…
My Boat | Yahtzee
After sailing extensively on boats in Florida and the Caribbean, Andy and Jill Cross decided they wanted to become full-time liveaboards and start a family. They moved…