When we first purchased Wild Rose we left her at a mooring ball in St. Maarten. This mooring was specifically installed for her, and was much more reasonable than paying marina fees. Nowadays I...

Don’t you just love being on the ocean, or even better, in the ocean? Me too. I’ve had a love affair with the ocean for more than 30 years. As a Scuba Instructor with more than 2000 dives I’ve...

We’re Ready to Get Out of Here The Chesapeake in the middle of the summer is very hot, has a lot of jellyfish and no wind. Our ideal day consists of sailing, getting in the water and not running...

More people have climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest than have circumnavigated the globe by sail. It is an exclusive club. Deep in the recesses of most sailors minds, they will admit that they have...

Back to Cruising…for a bit In the last Ship Log you saw how busy we were with projects. Yes, there are still a ton of projects on the list, but it was nice to put them aside for a bit to go out...

As sailors we watch a lot of sailing movies. One of our favorites is Captain Ron. But this is obviously a hilarious made up fictional tale of a sailor. Occasionally we want to watch something about...