Could it be? 5 years at sea?
On the 30th of January, Swell and I celebrated 5 years of voyaging together! Top 5 lessons I’ve learned: Be grateful for what’s good and find the positive. Try first, then decide if you ‘can’ or ‘can’t’. Hard work will almost always get you there. Even when it all seems impossible, TRUST that everything will […]
I Fell into a North Swell Vortex…
Apologies for the silence…time just seems to stop when the swell turns on!?!…And when it stays on, life gets really basic: surf, eat, sleep, and surf some more…nursing some reef wounds and a thorough sun baking…gotta fill the water tanks, do some provisioning, ding repair, clean the hull…and write some blogs! For now, check out […]
The Captain and the Kid…
With the New year came lovely weather so Dad and I sailed off to tour the outer islands. On our various passages over the next week, the ocean showed us a bit of everything. We had a glorious 15 knots on the stern quarter, some squally 30 knot upwind slogging, rain and rainbows, gusts and […]
That’s What it’s ALL About
The weather had postponed our plans of a passage to the northeast, but dad’s ‘go with the flow’ attitude paved the way to good times wherever we went…we sailed all around the island, visited the sacred ‘marae’, installed Swell’s new refrigerator, and met lots of my friends. On a visit to introduce dad to some […]
WHY we LOVE the rain…
We woke to thundering rain on the 30th of December…I peered out my porthole and glared at the sleeting squall and brooding dark sky…My somber glance turned to dad, who, to no surprise, was cheerfully lighting the tea kettle and watching the drops fall with a ridiculous grin on his face. My father has the […]
Changes in Latitudes…43°N to 17º S!!
It was shocking to think that in the 7 years I’d owned Swell, my dear father had NEVER sailed with me!?!…He’d spent more than a dad’s share of hours working aboard Swell while she was tied to the dock in Santa Barbara and when he came to my rescue in the Puntarenas boatyard in Costa […]
Here comes Santa Claus…
After wishing on every star and being a good little sailor, I got the present I always wanted…my Dad arrived Christmas morning!!!! After unloading his enormous sack of presents, we immediately raised the sails and headed off to explore the island! YAY!!!!!
Hang your stocking on a palm frond!
MaitaiNoeraCommunitySings The holiday season means many things for many people…around the world people celebrate life, goodness, giving, loving, sharing… I spent a week anchored there below the great mountain. Its sheer presence cultivates my self-awareness, like looking in a great mirror. Its silence is so deafening that it seems to slow my mind enough to […]
And when the work is finished…
Swell has an uncanny ability to adapt to most all my needs…from time to time, she transforms into the official executive office of the Voyage of Swell… The teapot whistled and I refilled the thermos with tea for the third time already that morning…can’t work without tea!…Lists in view, steam rising from the mug, my […]
Today I will!!
Today I will So long coming… A few days all for me?! Spinning free, suspended in seafoam green, this cradle of reef gently rocks me, Umbilically connected by chain and anchor, …so many steps to arrive here, one foot in front of the other… wow, here I am. oh today!! such pleasure in the little […]
