Eight days in paradise with 16 of my closest friends. Watching this video makes me feel like I’m back aboard our catamaran sailing the Caribbean trades. Seasickness warning: I tried to capture the feel of sailing a boat in open water in the trades in the first few minutes; a friend or two have reported […]
End of Season Follow-up
In my post about my last sail of the season I mentioned that my phone went for a swim in the bilge and I lost the footage. In a shocking turn of events the rice immersion saved the phone and some of the footage. It was a hectic sail so I didn’t get much footage […]
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 […]
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 […]
Barbuda Passage Plan vs. Reality
Due to provisioning delays and a charter briefing recommendation against overnighting in Dickenson Bay given the prevailing swells we wound up leaving for Barbuda from Five Islands Harbor so the passage would be about 5nm longer than anticipated. Barbuda was the most ambitious passage of the trip so some planning had gone into it. Want […]
A glimmer of hope from snow covered Boston
This morning instead of putting on my long coat and waffle stompers I just threw a jacket in my backpack and headed out. The first thing I noticed was that the air no longer hurt my face. Then there was this blindingly bright light in the sky; luckily I had these darkened glasses amongst my […]
Film Making for under $1000
DISCLAIMER: This article is nearly five years old; that’s practically ancient where camera gear is concerned. The last five years I made plenty of videos that you can use as inspiration but these recommendations are very dated – you probably can’t buy most of the gear recommended below and even if you could you shouldn’t. […]