Bubba the Pirate

Emma where I found her I am working on restarting my blogging. My current plan is to stay in Michigan until the fall, helping Dad get hi...

I am in Michigan for several months, helping the family. Emma is buttoned up and waiting for me in Ft. Pierce. Here's hoping that ther...

I am not a superstitious guy, but it has been really hard to not think the universe is sending me some kind of message this past week. I...

Well … I can't do it *this*way* anymore. I got off the road last October and took what I thought was a part-time job. Turns out tha...

Sometimes I have to re-read my “I Really Don't Give A …” manifesto just to keep doing what I do. Some people may suppose that I hav...

Aletheia in her glory This is Part Two of the Carolina Trip. Part One is here . When we last left our heroes, they were having an epic...

The creek at Sea Harbour Yacht Club Note: This is Part One of Two Parts. Part Two is here . I was crewing on a delivery of a Westsail ...

Note: Many of you know that I recently spent some time in the Carolinas helping a friend move his boat.  I am working on a full report of...

The Westsail Sistership next door They parked a nice looking Westsail 32 right next to Emma and me last week. Today a marine surveyor...

Aveling & Porter Steamroller Frank Perkins and Charles Chapman were working on a high speed, lightweight diesel engine at Aveling ...

My former self would just not understand. I used to be a Live Music Addict. My life was coordinated for maximum enjoyment of watching good...

Riverside Marina is really a boatyard. That sentence could have ended -- ‘really just a boatyard,’ but boatyards are important to sailors....

One day last week, I had gotten up early enough to make a big breakfast. Dispatch had flipped (flopped?) my schedule to afternoon. My ...