This season has been full of adventure. My first offshore sail. Ocean deliveries of awesome boats. The Marion to Bermuda race. Overnight distance races. Some great heavy wind days. Resume building and experience wise it’s been an exceptional season. It’s been so amazing that I almost forgot to go cruising. Get a bunch of friends […]
Fantastic First Delivery: Offshore at 17+ Knots
My first offshore trip was a delivery and it was an amazing sail. When I look back on it I always remember feeling relaxed and cruising downwind. This video makes me feel the same way. Though, as the end alluded to there was still some adventure along the way. With as many things as went […]
Fearless’ Marion to Bermuda Bash
I had intended to narrate this video but after choosing the songs and putting together a rough cut I decided I liked just fine sans narration. Fortunately I have this blog where I can share a bit about the trip: The start of the Marion to Bermuda race was eerily calm. Light to no wind […]
Marion to Bermuda EPII: Safety At Sea Seminar
Video sharing some of the lessons I learned at US Sailing Safety at Sea Seminar prepping for Bermuda. Learn about swimming in foul weather gear with shoes on, hydrostatic PFD automatic inflation and the challenges of climbing into a life raft wearing that inflated PFD. Even in the 70 degree pool some sailors were showing […]
MBR2015 Episode One: Getting Started
In my own words: how I found myself on FEARLESS for the Marion to Bermuda race in 2015… At this rate I’ll get to the video of the race itself just before I’m headed to Bermuda next year
Introspective Bermuda Return
Coming back from Bermuda was a very different experience. Instead of twelve we were six. Although six is light crew for FEARLESS we made due. It’s tough to overstate the added comfort of having one’s own bunk to sleep in. When you go below you needn’t search for somewhere to sleep you just climb back […]
FEARLESS?
I’m lying on the deck, tethered on, mummified in foul weather gear. I am trying to close my eyes and rest but keep staring up at the mast, rigging and sails waving across the sky. We just finished tucking in our third, final reef and rolling up most of our blade. But we’re still racing, […]
Seventeen Point Seven
This season is really turning out to be epic. I knew I had signed up for a lot but it’s far more than I had expected. And then I signed on for a week-long delivery up the east coast that turned out to be epic. Here’s a few seconds from the delivery: It wasn’t all […]