Though we have only been in Martinique for one week, it feels like we have packed a lot into our time here so far. That’s because we...

If you have even casually encountered any of the myriad YouTube channels chronicling the lives of live-aboard sailors, you have probably...

Got out of town on a boat, going to Southern islands Sailing a reach before a following sea She was making for the trades on the outside...

It is said that sailors spend one day out of seven sailing. That’s because it takes a day to recover from the sail, and five to recover...

Below: Chantal works on the snubber. BANG! Chantal and I bolted upright in our cabin, the forward V-berth. The moon was 91% visible and...

What do people do all day on their boats? The question came up as we were sitting on our boat, midday, doing nothing. The stiff breeze...

Our delightful bar manager, Sade, had just delivered a pair of Negronis. She beamed a dazzling smile at Chantal and said, “You look...

It’s been a week since we’ve been back aboard Camino, and it’s time to share a few thoughts with you about the transition back to boat...

Karuna Journal: October-November 2021 Note: After returning to Vermont for the fall, we found an opportunity to crew on a friend's boat...

The Law of Unintended Consequences In June, 2001, I published my first article in the Stowe Reporter. It was about, as the estimable...

Author's Note: Stealing directly from Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy, I offer my version of Dan’s “Picked-up Pieces”...

Each morning at 0730 from Monday through Saturday, the invisible airwaves of VHF channel 66 crackle with life, tickling the bright...

Ever since we arrived in Grenada over a month ago, we’ve been getting lots of cards and letters from the folks back home asking us...

For weeks we had been eager to get out on Camino, our Beneteau Oceanis 381 Clipper sailboat and sail, but we were busy working on boat...

In the movie Volunteers (one of the great comedies that came out of the 80s), John Candy’s character, Tom Tuttle from Tacoma, bumbles his...

Those of you who have taken buses in other parts of the world know that when I use the word “bus,” I don’t really mean “bus.” I mean...

It is a lot, and we are not even sailing yet. Before we go any further, there is homework. Your job is to Google everything I bold in...

One forgets. Time does that, and we have just had an unreasonable dose of time to push us into forgetfulness. The past fifteen months...

When Chantal returned from her journey on the Camino de Santiago, she was energized in all areas of her life, and full of stories about...

Homo nihil scit, nisi qui legit. The answer is simpler than we think: Read anything. Read now. I am not a reading snob. Reading is not...