Sailing Blog

One of the long-term projects that I have been thinkng about is re-rigging my boat as a traditional cutter. In order to complete that I need...

I had the opportunity to work on the schooner Quinnipiac this past weekend. The Quinnipiac, or Quinni as she seems to be called by her crew...

Dead reckoning is the process of plotting your position on a chart based on your course and speed from a known point. Of course it's nev...

22 DEC 2009: The weather was supposed to be overcast, so I decided to do a short sail in Hillsborough Bay rather than a longer sail in Tampa...

20DEC2009: I checked out the boat on Saturday (19 DEC 09) and found that I had to replace the jack on the trailer. After failing to find wha...

“Wow, this is turning out much better than I expected.” I made this statement while sitting in my favorite bar in New York City, drinking a ...

I’ve been contemplating a change in the rigging for my sailboat Marjorie, currently stored on a trailer, under a tarp, in my backyard in Flo...