The Treasures of the Snow
The Icefjord I’m about to talk about. We didn’t spend a whole lot of time in Aasiaat. To begin with, …
Into the Arctic
Nuuk is very lovely when the weather’s good… Nothing I had ever read or heard had led me to believe …
Late Nights and Big Crossings
Red Bay, Labrador It was supposed to be an easy run from Flowers Cove, Newfoundland, to Chateau Bay, Labrador: gentle …
Leaving with Regret
Cruising Newfoundland with the family some years back. There have been, in the nearly thirty years that I’ve been cruising, …
Sailing for Greenland
Polar Sun, a Stevens 47, enroute to Greenland For nearly a year before this trip began, neither Mark nor I …
When Time is Short
Breadboat on a trailer A test-row on Psammead. When only a few weeks were left before my departure for a …
Preparing for the Unknown
Ganymede’s cabin getting stowed and sorted for a voyage to the tropics. Once there, all you need is bare feet …
Winter’s Final Bite
The final blow to the canopy, after the snow receded. I mentioned, a few posts back, the ill-fated bow shed …
Invention’s Other Mother
Adapting a bracket for the windvane while at anchor One of the reasons that the old saw about necessity being …
Catching up Some More
Ganymede uncovered in winter In a huge departure from my normal practice of letting everyone forget I even have a …
Catching Up
A half dozen or so blog posts back, before getting distracted by the tiny schooner Pshrimp, I hinted at a …
All You Can Really Want
View from Cathedral Ledge in New Hampshire For about a week after the first failed launch of Pshrimp that I …