These are the slides and a video of the presentation used at Community Boating (CBI) to guide new sailors onto the path to becoming bareboat charter skippers. The slides were made for dinghy sailors, specifically those from CBI, but will be enlightening for any sailors who haven’t yet skippered a bareboat charter or two. Here […]
Boston Sailing Resources
This is a list of sailing resources I put together to support the From Dinghy Sailor to Bareboat Skipper presentation I put together for Community Boating. Without further ado: Recommended ASA Sailing School Narragansett Sailing School – tell them TJ sent you! Finding Crew Opportunities Meetup Group: Boston Sailing Meetup Group: CrewFinder Constitution Yacht Club Crew […]
FEARLESS’ Newport to Bermuda Constitutional
What a different experience this year! Instead of days reefed this year we alternated between champagne sailing and fighting to keep steerage in calms. We only used the big genoa and spinnakers; we only put in a single reef once when a squall approached but never caught us. Not that this trip was without drama. […]
Following SavvySalt and friends at sea
I’m new to satellite messaging and if you’re reading this you probably are too. I bought a DeLorme inReach Satellite Communicator (affiliate link) and am trying to use it to help keep friends and family ashore informed about how things are going out at sea. When I’m sailing offshore with friends I try to have the […]
Longing for a Lee Shore
Why I almost quit sailing before I really got started Watching a peacock get blown over attempting to display his plumage tells me today will be a good day for sailing. I donned one of the terrible yellow foam life vests and signed out a hobie cat. The wind built as I sailed away from […]