Here’s an article I wrote for the November 2020 issue of 48° North magazine about several of the unforgettable Thanksgiving’s we’ve had aboard over the…
Throttling back to slow mode
“You guys should stay another day to surf, Andy. You don’t have to leave tomorrow.” Our friend Marisa said with a wry smile as I…
Cheerful cruising along the “Gold Coast”
Yahtzee’s port jib sheet groans with a slight gust of wind and I set my book down to take in the moment. I check our…
Happy New Year from the Yahtzee crew
What a year it has been. After our second winter in Seward, we emphatically tossed Yahtzee’s dock lines aboard and set off on May 24…
Yahtzee in Cruising World: “At Home on the Sea”
I’m happy to share an article I had published in the January/February issue of Cruising World magazine. You can view it on the CW by…
Living 40-feet at a time in the new year
Sitting on the floor of our rental cabin, I talked Porter through the steps of splicing Dyneema loops and inserting low friction rings. Ever my…
Road to Re-power: The journey begins with wax and paint
Have you ever re-powered a sailboat? No? Well, me either. There is a first time for everything, though, and I’m enthusiastically diving into this massive project with sleeves…
Busting misconceptions and charting a path forward
After all the hugs were given and the usual, “It’s not goodbye, but until next time’s” were said, we parted ways with the family and…
Tranny Troubles: Out with the old, in with the new
Outbound and nearing the end of the Seward breakwater, we needed to get the mainsail up quick. With a 15-knot southerly breeze on the nose…
Home is where the boat is
I awoke to the sound of small feet pitter-pattering their way toward my bunk. Jill had left an hour earlier for work and I knew who…