Two years grinding, sanding, cursing, doubting, repeating…. And then she sailed.
It’s a big deal to have spent 2 years in the hot, in the cold, on the hard, covered in paint, covered in fiberglass dust… and then, just...
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Mike D.
- Aug 22, 2022
The Sailing Brothers : YouTube Worth Watching
It's hard to avoid sailing channels on YouTube these days, and quite frankly there a lot of them that are self serving, inauthentic, and...
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Mike D.
- Aug 14, 2022
My Marina: Country Club Without the Golf
In my short time owning my boat I am finding that there are a lot of different 'levels' of Marina. I've made some stops in various...
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Steve Brookman
- Aug 8, 2022
WHY WE SAIL
Gray. Everywhere. The sky, the water, gray, no horizon, just more gray. The sun had just set and the only reason I knew that was that...
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Mike D.
- Jun 26, 2022
SINGLE HANDED | Explorer Matt Rutherfords biggest challenge is still in front of him.
Three Challenges There were three big challenges that Matt Rutherford decided to make as his personal life goals: Bike through Southeast...
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Mike D.
- Nov 8, 2021
TRADING MY TIME
Time. It's one of those things that I've taken for granted my entire life. And now here I am, 52, at the cliche mid-life and time has...
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Tanya Moxon
- Nov 5, 2021
Smoke On The Water - Crinan Canal!
We left Oban on the 23rd of September and headed for the Crinan Canal. Sadly the winds were super light, variable 3 or less so we motored...
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Mike D.
- Aug 27, 2021
METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING
I started this Sail Junky experiment in a personal storm. A proper Force 9. I tried, at first to keep my anonymity on the site.. I just...
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Tanya Moxon
- Aug 27, 2021
FEELING ANCHORED
A symbol of hope, security and stability. The anchor was born with the original purpose of securing ships to the seabed in the midst of a...
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Mike D.
- Jul 5, 2021
The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum
It's a funny thing; this journey of trying to get my sailboat in shape for my big adventure. I've met some really cool and interesting...
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Casey Graves
- Jun 1, 2021
Man Overboard
(Article Originally Published Jan, 30, 2020 - Telluride Daily Planet) As we crawl out of the darkness of January, I can’t help but think...
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Tanya Moxon
- May 30, 2021
A Gale With No Postal Address
STORM FRANCIS - Episode 7 Strangford Lough and its tides was to be our next adventure, an exciting opportunity to explore a sea loch in...
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Casey Graves
- Apr 29, 2021
...THE SINKING
As I sit inside minding my own space I am brought to remember yet another sailing trip with my buddy Shack who is the captain of several...
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Tanya Moxon
- Apr 19, 2021
RELATIONSHIPS, REST, & REWARD
I can truly find bliss in this seafaring life in the form of companionship of my husband, time to read, reflect and marvel at the colours...
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Tanya Moxon
- Mar 17, 2021
Despite COVID-19, We Slip the Lines.
Despite the pandemic we were committed to slipping the lines and embark on our new life of fulltime cruising. We left Whitehaven on...
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Mike D.
- Mar 13, 2021
INTERVIEW: Author Carole Fontaine
Interview with author Carole Fontaine. Carol discusses her book S.A.I.L above the Clouds.
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Nicole Black Robey
- Mar 7, 2021
Nicole Black Robey: Another Adventure
Sailing to Bahamas for winter isn’t unusual. Is it Newsworthy? Is it worth reading? I don’t know. And I don’t really care. And here’s why...
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Tanya Moxon
- Mar 3, 2021
Sailing Over the Shelf & into the Atlantic
Crewing with Gary, my husband, on a passage from Whitehaven to A Coruna in Northern Spain seemed a perfect way to test my resolve.
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Mike D.
- Feb 21, 2021
New Sailor Anxieties
Sailing anxieties are very common to new sailors. But appreciating them and approaching them with a plan can be a gift.
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Tanya Moxon
- Feb 18, 2021
Learn fast, our lives depend upon it!
Easter 2017 and the dream of sailing oceans was becoming our reality but did we have the necessary knowledge, skills and attitude...
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