February 2026

Dear friends and family,  So, I took the advice and set my path for due north, back to Palacios. The fog showed up early, just as forecasted. I took a leisurely breakfast in the cockpit, allowing the morning sun to dry some of the moisture on the tent.  And I realized that by the morning […]

Dear friends and family, One of the routines every day for me is listening to the weather forecast and making a sailing plan for the next day, or two. With no cell coverage,the only source out here is the VHF radio , which I find pretty accurate and also specific to which Bay you are

Dear friends and family, I am sitting still today at “anchor” (to be explained later) The forecast is for less than five knots of wind, from the north which would be a favorable direction, but one finds that when there is no auxiliary motor, that if the wind stops altogether it takes rowing to get