For the past year or so, we have been talking about where we want to live after we retire. We have pretty much agreed that we want to keep a house in Seattle, but that the current mansion on the hill will be too large then, and we will need to downsize. We made up [...]

There are so many lists and guides on the internet of things you just have to have on a cruising boat that I didn’t want to make yet another list, but I have found some things that I have not seen listed elsewhere which we use almost daily. Spotlight The rechargeable variety and the smaller [...]

ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS that falls to boat owners each spring is to polish the stainless steel of pulpits, pushpits, and stanchions. The truth is that a lot of stainless steel isn’t stainless at all. It often acquires a veneer of rust in the cold salty air of winter, a light brown stain that [...]

Please welcome our newest crew member: Ray! Ray steered us tirelessly all over Puget Sound this weekend – doing a much better job than I could have done myself. In this photo, Ray is helming us across from Shilshole to Port Madison, basically straight west on a compass course of 280° (as always, if you [...]