Sailing Papillon

As every storyteller knows, there are two types of writers: plotters and pantsers. Plotters create beautiful outlines, fill in details, do r...

Ahhh. We're spending a comfortable breakfast anchored outside Pulau Godan in the Moluccas. A whale just swam past our boat, puffing brea...

For years and years, we had a small inflatable globe aboard. It was a $6 impulse buy from a toy shop along our route, and you could tell....

Something strange is going on around here. First, the SSB/modem system wouldn't work, despite pretending all was well during frequ...

Greetings, friends, from tropical Cairns! Let's take a look at how far we have sailed in the past two months. Hmm. About 850 nm. We...

Psst. Yes, you. Come closer. I have to whisper; someone might overhear, and I'm not really sure what I'm allowed to say around h...

"It's starting to rain." "The wind swung; time to jibe." "We've got gusts to 32 knots, now." ...

We've had an exciting few weeks aboard Papillon. Sadly, the internet here is shocking and our normally-reliable SSB has decided to pac...

Like all good moms, my screensaver scrolls through my photo folder. And since I've taken a thousandfold more pictures on this trip tha...

I spend a lot of time with the kids at the park. But I'm the first the admit that "going to the park" isn't always as f...

First, a very happy belated Star Wars Day to you all. May the Fourth be with you! We celebrated by watching The Empire Strikes Back. (We t...

Last week, the marina Travelift parked around Papillon. The operators adjusted the straps, picked up the boat and drove her to the water...