The dude who bought my boat didn’t appreciate my glassed in through hulls. I’ve always said fixing boats is a thankless fucking job, but nothing quite says that like the kid you sold your boat to abandoning it at the dock after you just finished a nine month refit. Click here for full post: http://www.dinghydreams.com/2019/09/13/the-right-hands-an-update-on-my-first-boat/ […] More
Selling your boat is kind of like selling your dog. Or your kid. It’s an extension of yourself. It’s taken all of your money and showed little thanks, yet still managed to teach you lessons you weren’t even aware you needed to learn. You want to find the best home Click here for full post: […] More
March 13, 2019 Ready or not. At some point you just have to say fuck it, and go sailing. I know this boat. I know all its weaknesses. I know what it can take. I also know what I can take, which is probably a lot less. I know how Click here for full post: […] More
My return to the Chesapeake Bay I am incredibly honored and excited to announce that I’ve been featured in SAIL Magazine and its latest article Sailor-Punk and the State of Cruising. I’m beyond stoked! Not only am I featured next to the legendary Moxie Marlinspike and the kids from Hold Fast Click here for full […] More
Blown in from the depths of the gale! A Portuguese Man-o-war. It’s blowing. Out of the north. Late for the season. Although, I guess…not anymore. The northers, “never used to come all the way into March until this year,” I remember Bahamian Mike saying in West Palm Beach. That was last Click here for full […] More
No matter where you go, there you are. I think these waters are healing me. I don’t really miss anyone. I feel connected. I’m eating regularly. Sleeping earlier. What bothers me most is when the limitations of the boat smack me across the face. Then I get sad. But it’s time Click here for full […] More
Post launch. This boat don’t do reverse. Or should I say, I don’t. That’s definitely my weakest part of boat handling but also, tiny prop aft of the rudder, full keel. Some things are just out of your control. You’d think after the thousands of dollars I paid to the Click here for full post: […] More
Coming down the coast alone in that rotted little boat, may have been the greatest accomplishment of my life; and I wonder if that’s saying much. I can’t stop thinking about sailing and a trip to the Bahamas. Back across to the keys. Through the Gulf. Could even jaunt to Cuba. I’ve got mates in […] More
My rigging sounds different than usual in the gusts. I thought trying to tune the rig would help. It’s really fucking with my brain because when I’m sailing the rigging doesn’t shudder like that. Not even in gusts. That ‘fluttering’ sound is usually indicative of something being wrong. Like, when I hear that sound Vanu […] More