Other Water Fronts
Just returned from a wedding in California where we visited three kinds of water, not to worry about it, or tell people what to do with it, or pontificate about it, but just to do the best things possible with it:
Just returned from a wedding in California where we visited three kinds of water, not to worry about it, or tell people what to do with it, or pontificate about it, but just to do the best things possible with it:
San Juan County Park We’re staying home for Memorial Day, so we took off last weekend instead, for a short break on San Juan Island. This is where we stayed. Except – here’s how it looks now. Curious as to what happened to that beautiful house? Hollywood happened. The house in the picture above was…
The following is a guest post. The author is my past self. In many ways this essay was the first Tidal Life post, though years passed between writing it and beginning to publish this blog. I share it now because in it I wrote about my hope for the future – and the future has…
Schooner Adventuress design and specifications Adventuress is a beautiful vessel, long and sleek and ship shape. For detail mongers, she’s a Gaff Topsail Two-masted Schooner measuring 133 feet from the tip of her bowsprit to the up tilted crown of her stern … for which there is probably a more accurate and saltier term. Her…
Facing a Watery Bogeyman If ever there was an expectation built up in my mind, it was the fearsome conditions to be found when crossing the Gulf Stream, and the 45 miles of open water between Florida and the Bahamas. Stories of misadventure in the Gulf Stream abound. We’ve heard tales of boats blown off…
I’ve always wanted to be a travel writer. Not the type that churns out guidebooks full of addresses of hotels and prices of eateries, but one of those who tell fabulous stories of adventures in exotic, far-off lands. I’ve managed to publish exactly one such story so far. Here’s one reason why my travel output…
There are Many Things to be Anxious About When Cruising Learning to sail a boat. Leaving the safety of home. Crossing borders. Meeting new people. I’ve felt all these excitements and anxieties since we took off on this voyage in April of 2022. And then there’s real fear. Mine crops up before a long sail…