While we certainly did not plan it that way, and I didn’t even notice until we arrived in Annapolis, MD, I will never forget the day we moved aboard our new 2015 Outbound 46, Ubiquitous (who has since taken on the fun nickname gifted to us by her former owner: Click here for full post: […] More
“There’s not any chance you would be willing to fly up from Florida to Baltimore to speak at our Baltimore Inner Harbor Boat Show in September would you?” she asked, with a little trepidation. “Well … funny you mention it as I’m in Annapolis at the moment,” I told her, Click here for full post: […] More
The thought gutted me. I felt a thick, black goo filling me from the inside as my throat tightened and I blinked back tears. Immediately when the word was first spoken to me … “totaled” … all I could see in my mind was her holding on, her bucking and Click here for full post: […] More
A nor’easter I believe they called it. I had never heard of it before, but of course it was scheduled to slam the northeast coast on the very two days we had planned our survey/sea-trial of the 2015 Outbound 46, s/v Ubiquitous. January, 2021 had been spent in hot negotiations. Click here for full post: […] More
It felt quite surreal. In any other year, at any other time, this would be completely normal, but at this moment—December 30, 2020 at 9:15 a.m.—walking into an airport amid a sea of masks, getting on a plane and wiping our seat, tray, and armrests down with Purell wipes, courtesy Click here for full post: […] More
“Sh*t honey!” Phillip shouted into what had once been library quiet air, spooking a splash of coffee out of my cup. “Jesus Christ, what?” I scolded him, while wiping coffee off my lap, not knowing what he had just found. “I … might have found her,” Phillip said, his voice Click here for full post: […] More
“A Southerly 38 ticks many of the boxes you listed.” “A Frers-designed Swan 36 that I raced from SF to Tahiti impressed.” “This sounds an awful lot like the musings of a future catamaran owner.” These were just a few of the many, varied comments we received in response to Click here for full post: […] More
A repower, new auto, more solar, lithium?, a water maker, more tankage. Oh my! Mine and Phillip’s heads were swimming. It felt like we were on the spinny tea-cup ride at the Magic Kingdom. But, we were committed. Although we had not envisioned tackling such an extensive overhaul to Plaintiff’s Click here for full post: […] More
Errrnnt … Errrnnnt. We interrupt your regular programming to bring you a special feature! Shipyard Annie talks rot in the May issue of SAIL Magazine. This was a pretty fun project (that I was able to take on myself) when we were hauled out, doing some engine repairs and upgrades Click here for full post: […] More
Time. It’s slipping. No, it’s skittering, skyrocketing away. Whatever new warp speed we have found ourselves in—be it a product of COVID, today’s information-overload era, the rapidity of global change, or just age (I’m almost forty)—it has told Phillip and I one thing: If the world can change entirely tomorrow, Click here for full post: […] More
Change. Uncertainty. Creativity. Perseverance. 2020 taught us many things. For Phillip and I, it was truly a wake-up call, in that we have always been committed to traveling as far and as broad as our work, lifestyles, and incomes allow, but we never dreamed the end-goal that we are committed Click here for full post: […] More
Got a question for you. How many times have you started a story with: “Remember that time I did everything right?” Not many, I would assume. The best stories, mine at least, typically start with: “Oh man, remember that time I screwed everything up?” … I’m pretty good at that. Click here for full post: […] More