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 been fascinated by sailing alone on the ocean since I was a little boy. Once I got out of school and bought my first sailboat, I read every book I could get my hands on by and about people…
When I tell people I grew up on a farm in Kansas as far from the ocean as one can be in the States, they often ask me how I became interested in and to love sailing. I tell them…
My second boat was a 23′ Venture MacGregor. It seemed huge the first time I stepped aboard. I found it at in Kansas and sailed it on Lake Perry. It was cutter rigged meaning it had 2 head sails and…