Two Lessons for Sailing.
Well, I don't know where to start. The last two weekends have both had some good lessons to teach us out on our Precision 23. Both lessons remind us to be careful and alert. The first one brought home the message about informing passengers about their different roles...
4th of July Sunset – Anchored on Lake Pepin
Here are some photos Honey Bunny shot while we were anchored waiting for the fireworks to start. I thought I would post these till I get inspired to write something interesting for a change. We are big fans of sunsets and think that an amendment should be passed to...
Sailing on the 4th of July.
We are preparing this morning for our now annual 4th of July sailing celebration. While we have many things to do yet, I have been thinking about the holiday and what it means to me more this year than in years past. I suppose it started while I was out shopping for a...
One of Those Weedkends, Too.
I was checking up on Alex and Taru the other day on their excellent blog, The World Tour, and saw this photo of Taru diving off their beautiful Halberg Rassy 352, Caos. For those of you who don't know, Alex and Taru are...
Harken Sport Softshell Fleece Sailing Vest Review
Earlier this spring I purchased a sailing vest from Harken Sport off of their website. I thought I would let you know some of my thoughts about it. It is extremely well made, with what seems like high quality materials...
Sailing to Martha’s Vineyard.
We are now officially salty sailors, having made the leap from sweet water to the briny deep. That is, if you count the 65 foot depths or so of Nantucket Sound as the briny deep. Let me regale our tale. A few weeks ago we set out for Cape Cod to visit friends and...
Cape Cod Photo of the Day.
My wife snapped this photo while strolling along Smuggler's Beach. She promised they would be famous, I'm not sure if this counts. Let's see if they check the site like they said they would. Ah to be young again.
Back from the Vineyard.
Well, we have returned from our Cape Cod vacation. We had a wonderful time and even managed to get a bit of sailing in on Wednesday. On our way out (we drove) we stopped at Niagara Falls, we had not planned that one, but thought as long as we were so close it would be...
Lake Pepin Photo of the Day
We’re Off to Cape Cod
My wife and I are off to Cape Code to visit relatives. We will be gone until June 13th, so there will not be much activity on Boat De Jour till I get back. We are planning a sailing day on a Catalina 36 next week, so I should have some new material to write about....