A major problem is facing Florida’s and much of the United States’ coastline. Escalating land values for waterfront property in the last few years have created a crisis [...] Continue Reading…

As we continued to head North, one thunderstorm came through and we were caught in the tail-end of the storm. It wasn’t too bad, a little bit of rain [...] Continue Reading…

As mentioned before we left two hours later than intended. We had a south west wind which would mean we would be sailing on a broad reach. [...] Continue Reading…

The yacht club we belong to planned a cruise to St Augustine, Florida in October for a Halloween weekend. The plan was to cruise up on Friday [...] Continue Reading…

Dogs and sailing. Have you ever met a dog on the docks that was unfriendly? I haven’t. I’ve walked many docks in several countries and the [...] Continue Reading…

Here’s to you Joe Valley. It’s been many years since our paths have crossed. In our youth we did the crazy things that youth do. [...] Continue Reading…

This is one of the basic nautical knots you will need to know . This knot is for attaching a line to a cleat on the boat or [...] Continue Reading…

It was a great weekend for sailing the Daytona Beach, Florida area. If you were willing to brave the weather you were treated to uncrowded waterways. There [...] Continue Reading…

I’ve had the sailboat in it’s new Florida home now for 10 months. I happened to be on the docks on a weekday and there were two divers [...] Continue Reading…

I am passing this on:

For 34 years the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has exempted discharges from recreational boats from the Clean Water Act permit system. Regretfully, a recent [...] Continue Reading…