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Tears for Tears

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A Favorite

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Dear People of Vulaga, Thank you. In over forty thousand nautical miles of sailing, there are very few…

A Word on Friendship

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There are no friends like old friends— They are the guardians of "no time has passed." Likewise, there…

Bula Bula Fiji

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I dare say it’s been too long since I’ve written a blog post, but there’s no time like…

Fiji Bound

April 28, 2026

“Can you anchor in the middle of the ocean?” is the question land-dwelling friends and family ask us…

Getting Ready to Sail Away

April 14, 2026

Seven weeks have flown by since we visited Jacqui and Phil at their bach, and I’m wondering: where…

I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

- Hunter S. Thompson -

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

- Groucho Marx -

Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

- Jim Henson -

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.

- Paulo Coelho -

A ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for.

- Albert Einstein -

Everything will be alright in the end … If it’s not alright, then it’s not yet the end.

- Sonny Kapoor -

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Twain -