Sailors can loosely be categorized as cruisers or racers. I’ve always considered myself as the former. Growing up as an only child, I didn’t have siblings to compete with, so I’ve never been very competitive. Oh, I’ve dabbled with racing…
This evening on board Sailfish we hosted a wonderful woman’s 75th birthday. Her guests were extremely nervous about sailing. When I met them in the parking lot, they told me they were uncertain about what to expect and hesitant to…
It is easy to see why this is high season on the Treasure Coast. We have been blessed with beautiful weather, mild temperatures, and mostly clear skies. Sailfish has been almost fully booked with both charters and VRBO overnight stays.…
I’ve always wanted to cross the Florida Peninsula via the Okeechobee waterway, but my sailboat masts have always been too tall. There is a bridge that is only 45’ off the water and my shortest mast was 56’ tall. I…
An old cliché says that cruising involves fixing your boat in a series of exotic places. Although I am no longer cruising, we are constantly fixing our boat. Another one says that a boat is a hole in the water…