Fayaway is waiting patiently for a weather window. NOAA has officially ended monitoring Fiona’s remnants, as she swirls up north after whacking folks in Nova Scotia. Yep, some of us dodged that 100 mph bullet. Now in the south we’re watching for havoc wreaked by Tropical Storm Ian about to smash most of Florida. Life …
Category: Thoughts
Ramble On
Hey folks! Sorry I’ve not sent an update for a couple months. Kelly and I have been traveling (by air and land) quite a bit this late spring and summer, both for family and for job. We’ve been as far east as Venice, Italy and Munich, Germany, and as far west as Anchorage, Alaska. Whew! …
Romantic Sailing
An excerpt from Blue Water, by Arthur Sturges Hildebrand: Now cruising is more than a sport; it is a means of travel, a manner of living, an attitude towards life. I mean cruising under sail. Steam, or gasoline, is preferred by some: these have engine-rooms, very neat and shining, and they listen to the hum …
Es Tiempo Por Amor!
Lin and Larry Pardey are well-known legends in the sailing and cruising world. Larry especially earned a reputation for maintaining stubborn simplicity, exemplified by his refusal to install an engine. Having built two wooden live-aboard boats, written countless magazine articles and published several books and videos, they supplemented their income further by giving talks as …
Delivering Love A’Fayre – Part 1 of 3
While Fayaway is undergoing refitting this winter (see About…), Kelly and I are assisting in yet another delivery of a sailing vessel (Love A’Fayre), from Rhode Island to Tortola, BVI. She’s a very nice Fountaine Pajot Astrea 42 catamaran. Our course will depend upon weather indicators before and throughout the passage. The preferred course (see …
SV Fayaway 