Tag Archives: Sailing

Hike A Head

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Beverly Sills Even sea legs need stretching sometimes, and the USVI has no shortage of areas to explore during your sailing journey. There are plenty of stores and restaurants easily accessible on the Islands. If that is not your thing, or you have had your fill,Continue reading “Hike A Head”

Good Morning

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. William Arthur Ward The same old same old … There is comfort in monotony. You’ve been there and done that. The days merge together. It’s easy and because each day is the same and because the routine has already been sorted there isContinue reading “Good Morning”

Guana Island

I think it’s my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may. Leonard Nimoy This isn’t where we had planned to spend the night . Harbor A and harbor B were not feeling quite right. Being perhaps a little picky we moved on to findContinue reading “Guana Island”

Roar

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau Back in the eighties when Tommy worked on the docks and Gina was working the diner all day , Joe the anonymous aquarium enthusiast was importing Indonesian lionfish. In a copycat reenactment of innocentContinue reading “Roar”

Woman Behind The Wheel

Maybe truth and compassion could become a new trend with a woman behind he wheel. Kelly Mcguire On christening day I was caught with deer in the headlights surprise when asked how this dream came to be. From my mouth came the words ” well, nobody said no” , I was of course thinking ofContinue reading “Woman Behind The Wheel”

Coming About

In the waves of change we find our true direction It has  been exactly  a  year, to the  day, since   we  returned  from the  islands and  our  giant  pair of  skis  to the   craziness of the   corona  virus  world.  I  only managed  to  get the little  skis  out on the snow once this  seasonContinue reading “Coming About”

Sail Power and Famous Birthdays

The world can be powered by wind, water and sun alone. Mark Z. Jacobson You’d think there would be a simple formula to calculate the power that a set of sails can generate in a a given amount of wind . But then you would be wrong. I did find the following after doing aContinue reading “Sail Power and Famous Birthdays”

George Dog Island

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. Jane Austen This is SeaSea viewed form the beach of George Dog Island in March 2020. In the background is West George Island and Scrub Island . The dogContinue reading “George Dog Island”