Last Sunday was the first race of the Frostbite series. It lived up to its name. It was cold. It was wet. It was too windy. The only thing missing was high waves. I showed up about an hour early, to clean up the boat a bit. With all the work I'd done t… more »

So.... I spend alot of time sharing stories of sailing in adverse weather conditions. Thought I'd share one of the storm I missed! Our club has a late fall racing series the term 'Frostbite'. The first race was this past Sunday. As I'm now working ab… more »

When I had all those engine problems, I talked with Doug, the marina owner, about what size outboard to get to push me around.  He suggested a 15 HP. Well, Steve N. had the outboard I'd sold him when I bought the boat and wasn't using it, so he offered t… more »

Those of you who have been following these posts for awhile know that I had problems with the engine not starting last winter.  Well this year I tried to avoid that problem by trying to turn it over every week or two.  But it wouldn't turn over. Let me… more »

That's my question for the day.  Hurricaine Ida took a stroll up from Alabama to hit us here in Hampton Roads, Virginia yesterday.  We were expecting strong winds and rain, but nothing too terrible, I thought.  What we got was 60 - 75 MPH winds (that's c… more »