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Today I enjoyed fun zoom calls with two of my favorite sailing writers, John Kretschmer and Herb McCormick. I am doing research and preparation for the seminars I am presenting over the next weeks, Storytelling for Sailors, writing, blogging, video can they add to your cruising life? (I’ll be doing these at the Port Townsend…

 We have run away from home. I know many of you won’t think that is anything new for us. Yes, David and I set off from Kawau on two previous voyages since we met five years ago, the first to sail south and explore Fiordland, the second time to head north into the Pacific and…

Spring is slowly fighting its way past frontal troughs and low pressure systems here in New Zealand. Every third day is sparkly bright with light or moderate winds. David has been given the almost permanent loan of a 25-year-old Laser in quite good condition (as it had no name, he has decided to call it…

  San Francisco memories, they came flooding back when Ben Shaw began interviewing me for his Out The Gate Podcast program. We had wonderful adventures on the bay in both Seraffyn and Taleisin. In fact, I was introduced to the delights of Sausalito even before we began sailing as you will hear if you click…