Up The Napa River Sailing friends Charlie and Barbara Jeremias live in one of those pretty little houses that line up along the western side of the Napa River. For a number of...
To The Delta Again In July of 2022 Dura Mater and I were tucked into our dock at Owl Harbor. One morning, as I was washing dishes in her tiny galley, I looked up to...
Melges 2024 World Championship In August I sailed over to the San Francisco Yacht Club to deliver a belt buckle to Sean Mulvihill. Sean raced in the 2023 Singlehanded Transpacific Race on S/V Jamani,...
New Engine For Dura Mater Dura Mater finally got her new engine. It’s a rebuilt Volvo MD2010, with two cylinders and 10 horsepower. It’s green instead of gold, which is okay by me. I...
Us Versus Them? During these fractious political days there is a real US vs. THEM attitude almost everywhere. In this story I consider the differences that divide Americans. You know what I’m writing...
Race To Alaska In early June my husband (aka The Voice of Reason) and I took a road trip up to the State of Washington to watch the start of the Race to...
Are Catholics Better Sailors? Earlier this year I was looking through some sailing blog or another when the name of my high school alma mater popped up. What was this? It seems that Mater...
In early April I drove over to Berkeley Marine Center, looking for my new-to-me engine. I looked in all the usual places: Cree Partridge’s office, in the corners of the chandlery and in the...
Surfers And Doggies I don’t know how many readers spend time down the coast in Monterey or Carmel, but I recommend it. It’s hard to beat the beauty and serenity of either city. One of...
In this month’s column I write about two different types of sailing lunacy: Iceboat racing on hard water in Wisconsin and the Three Bridge Fiasco on soft water in the San Francisco Bay. Ladies...
Spider On My Boat In 2021 a small spider came aboard my boat while I was sleeping, anchored off Heart’s Desire Beach, up in Tomales Bay. It settled in just under the aluminum trim...
Spaulding Marine Center In early December I drove over to Spaulding Marine Center’s annual holiday party in Sausalito. It used to be called Spaulding Wooden Boat Center, but now it is a boat yard...
