Sailing Papillon

Friends, I am doing something very exciting: for the first time in four years, I am going on vacation. "Amy," you say, "you l...

Both Stylish and Indy consider the lines aboard their own.  Yes, fine, we might need them for actual sailing now and again, but, as far as...

As close as we get to hurrying around here. Many years ago, I stood waiting for a train in Switzerland.  Shortly before my train was due...

What is wrong with this picture? Take a good look. We see a hose run above, a seacock below... wait a minute. What about that hose in the ...

  Every sailor knows the true story behind the Odyssey.  It didn't take Odysseus ten years to get home after the Trojan War because ...

Cyclone season is officially over in the South Pacific.  The weather has shifted from "unbearably hot" to"uncomfortably hot...

Someone robbed my boat last night. I woke up at about 1:30am because I heard noises.  Someone was approaching the V-berth.  I thought on...

My ultimate low in travel-related illness came when Stylish was three years old.  The two of us were on our way back to Canada from Spain,...

I haven’t slept in nine days.  I don’t mean that in a cool, James Bond,  I’m-in-a-tiny-room-with-a-bright-light-being-tortured-for-the-lo...

One of the much-vaunted benefits of travel is that it makes you open to new things.  It is supposed to be a growth experience.  Spending t...

I received a package today that contained three mysterious items called "cassettes".  As I understand it, these are audio record...

Q:  My friend has a metal boat.  I had him over for beers last night, and all he talked about was electrolytic corrosion.  I love boat tal...