A voyage not meant to be By Jim Farrell While anchored in South Puget Sound, I was rowing around Jarrell Cove, on Hartstene Island in my Zodiac “Doggie Daze”, I happened upon Bob Lemon and his S/V Raven and started up a conversation that led to this story… … The romance of the sea draws…
(Man who Kills Difficulties or Fatigues) They say that the progression of a sailor is from sailboat, to powerboat, to motorhome, to nursing home and finally to funeral home. Alas, Becky and I have phased from sailboat straight to a motorhome (class B, as in van conversion), mainly after cruising our Pacific Northwest waters via…
Every trip through the Inside Passage going to and from SE Alaska is different, and most often never what those who ply these waters expect. A few years ago, while sailing to Glacier Bay and back to Portland, the beauty of the landscape with its snow covered mountains plunging down to the blue-green of the…
Throughout life I believe that we all need to strive for improvement. you know, just like when your mom and dad, wife, husband, teacher, preacher, policeman, parole officer, what have you, told you that you need improvement in your grades….cleaning your room…attitude…..choice of boyfriends or girlfriends….money management…you name it. No matter how old each of…