Down the Hatch Sailing

Japan is in many ways a messy mixture of the old and the new. Ancient temples are scattered amongst modern skyscrapers, culinary...

It's been a while since I've posted - and for good reason. We spent a couple weeks in Japan in September/October, taking an adventurous...

Some say the west coast is the best coast - we recently had the opportunity to test that theory, at least as far as sailing goes, when...

Our cruise from DC to St. Petersburg, FL was thankfully uneventful in a lot of ways - we had no major mechanical issues, lost no time...

I spent the first 18 years of my life on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Thus, one could reasonably assume that I would be fully aware of how...

After leaving Charleston our next stop was Beaufort, SC (pronounced BEW-fort, unlike North Carolina's Beaufort, pronounced BO-fort). On...

We waited for a good weather window so that we could take an outside route from Beaufort, NC instead of following the ICW, which would...

We didn't stay on the ICW all the way through NC. Being on the ICW is like driving on the highway - it's kind of boring! We decided to...

If you ask anyone about the first leg of the ICW southbound, prime rib is bound to come up. Coinjock, NC is the first stop for most...

One of my favorite books is Earl Swift's Chesapeake Requiem, and ever since I read it I've wanted to visit Tangier Island, a tiny...

Leaving CYC was the hardest part! With friends on the dock to send us off and hangovers from a week's worth of farewell parties, we...