The flavor of places we visit as cruisers is a meaningful part of the joy of cruising. The literal flavor: the sourcing, preparing, and enjoying of food connects us to sweet memories. What’s more local and connected than foraging for sustenance? I remember toddling after my aunties to eat more Click here for full post: […] More
The catch-22 of getting offshore experience: being required to have prior offshore experience in order to join a crew. Where can the hopeful offshroe sailor begin? Yesterday morning I joined a panel on preparing crew for offshore sailing at OLÉ, the National Women’s Sailing Association’s (NWSA) annual conference. I’m organizing Click here for full post: […] More
This week was a zeitgeist of recipe requests after some of the traditional food preservation techniques (and a fun recipe!) showed up in our social media. These are great for cruisers storing food for passages or remote sailing… and thy’re great for the land-bound trying to make the most of Click here for full post: […] More
“But how will Santa find us?” our children asked with more than a little anxiety. “He has his ways,” we replied confidently. This was 2007: the year before we went cruising, we traded home fires on Bainbridge Island for a small cabin in Washington’s north Cascades for a getaway. It Click here for full post: […] More
Waiting until they’re awake before cranking out the first round of Alice’s Restaurant may not be something our boat teens are thankful for yet, but give them a few hours. I contemplate this while watching the clouds lemon-tinted by sunrise, scudding across an uncharacteristically overcast sky in Puerto Peñasco. Eleven Click here for full post: […] More