“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…
Stories Across the Sky: Observations from Night Watch
From the corner of my eye, a bright white light hits the water and cuts sharply through the dark night. Is it a boat? A…
THEFT in Turtle Bay
Walking up to our beached dinghy just after dark I quickly noticed something was missing — our outboard engine. “SON OF A BITCH, someone stole…
Finding our groove with a sunny, windy welcome to Mexico
The flames from our bonfire lick skyward, lighting up a secluded beach while the last vestiges of daylight bounce off mountain peaks behind us on…
Highlights from San Francisco Bay
Sitting on the side of the dinghy, I take a long pull from a cold beer and look out at Yahtzee bobbing just off the…
Sea Stories: Romping 1,300-miles from Alaska to San Francisco
Gather around your glowing screen, dear reader, it’s time for some sea stories. For the Yahtzee crew, this particular yarn starts in the small fishing…
A self-reminder that cruising is not a vacation
Arriving back at Yahtzee in Sitka Harbor after an amazing trip to visit family in Michigan, I climb aboard and instantly start sorting through projects…
Soaking in the experience of Sitka Sound
When the anchor was set, I scrambled to get the dinghy off the foredeck and Yahtzee switched from offshore mode back to cruising mode. We’d…