January 2026

Dear friends and family, As you all know, the weather in almost the whole country has been cold this last week at least and Texas has not been spared. It dropped to about 21 degrees F last week for a couple of nights, making it a tad too cold for a fair weather sailor to […]

Dear friends and family, I am still waiting. Waiting in Port Aransas for at least two days of wind that isn’t from somewhere in the north. It’s been ten days already and I haven’t found that yet and the forecast for the next week gives little hope. A limit I have found in my psyche. 

Dear friends and family, I am writing from Port Aransas, Texas. From a hotel room in that city. Comfort, ease, warmth, and no wind (in the room). What a change from: I had one day of a weather window to get from my “open from the north” berth at Clem’s to sail across the open

Dear friends and family, Sunday Jan 4 departure I was extraordinarily nervous and glad that Mark came to take departure pictures as I was too nervous to bother with the camera I had no trouble rowing out of the channel, but was surprised as my progress as it felt like I was doing about two

I am writing this on Dec 29th, what will be either three or five days before my departure. Now i am in Port Isabel, the wind is gusting to 40 from the north, the water is filled with whitecaps, even in the very protected waters on the inland lagoon.  I have now told a lot

Dear family and friends, I sit here in my room waiting for another day postponed start as the wind today is forecasted out of the north (my direction) and tomorrow should be out of the east and then southeast. All you sailors of course know how the wind always finds ways of frustrating us, but

Dear friends and family, Happy New Year to all and a healthy one as well. Today is launching day for getting the boat wet and off the trailer.  It has been a long drive to get here. Where is here? I am in Port Isabel, which is quite close to the Mexican border and a