Sailing Herreshoff 43 Video from Alex and Taru
Some nice sail footage from the Caribbean! Alex sailing "Duende" past St Kitts and Nevis, January 2012 from worldtourstories on Vimeo. Alex sailing "Duende" past St Kitts and Nevis, January 2012 from taru tuomi on Vimeo. A great video from The World Tour. I've heard...
New Layout.
Hello Readers, I've added some new menu items to the top of the site to enhance the Boat de Jour experience. Hope you find this helpful. I've added a "Weather" menu which includes the weather maps which previously occupied space on both sidebars. Also, a new "The...
Islander 48, What a Beauty!
I thought I would start off the year with a new column that goes more to the root of my original idea for Boat de Jour. Namely, writing about sailboats and more particularly, sailboats which have caught my eye for whatever reason. Hopefully, you'll enjoy reading these...
Happy New Years from Boat de Jour!
As we look back upon the past year I thought it would be fun to see where this adventure started. With that, I present one of the original Boat de Jour posts from two years ago. Hope you enjoy the article and have a happy and safe new year. Happy Sailing, Capt. Puffy...
A Boat De Jour Christmas Classic-Happy Holidays
A Sailing Carol – Or a Visit from St. Puffy by Captain Puffy Pants Twas the night before Christmas and all through the boat, not a sailor was stirring not even a goat. The foulies were hung in the wet locker with care, In the hopes that sleep soon would be there. ....
Cruising Lake Pepin on an Islander 28, Part Two
Here is another video of us coming into Red Wing, Mn aboard our sailboat, Aurion, an Islander 28. We had a close encounter with a towboat and barge just before coming to our destination, namely, the public wall in front of the city park in Red Wing. Of course it was...
Happy Thanksgiving! From Boat de Jour.
Some sporty sailing conditions from one of our last sails. Up winding on a beautiful day for sailing. The fall colors are magnificent! What a background for sailing a Beneteau. An O'day making a splash.
Cruising Lake Pepin on an Islander 28, First Port, Red Wing, Mn
Labor Day weekend kicked off a ten day sailing trip for Honey Bunny and me this past fall. We had very loose plans with the idea of visiting all the cities along the shores of Lake Pepin. We made five ports in all, starting with Red Wing, Mn. Having sailed all around...
Happy Veterans Day! New CG Leadership 44 by Morris Yachts
Here is a photo on the new Coast Guard sail trainer, the new Leadership 44, built by Morris Yachts of Trenton, Maine. (From CGA Leadership 44 website) David Pedrick of Newport, RI, designed the Leadership 44s. He is an internationally renowned naval architect, who has...
Labor Day Vacation
Here is the first installment of our Labor Day vacation. We spent 10 days on the boat traveling from town to town along the shores of Lake Pepin. These are from out time spent at the town of Pepin, WI and also down stream a bit at the town of Wabasha. Wabash is known...