The Panama Canal Transit in two paragraphs Sailboats like Gerty begin the Panama Canal transit behind a ship. The forward view is completely obstructed. So at first, mariners tend to look behind at the closing iron doors and watch the…

Some boatyards are better than others for living aboard. Our experience in Spain was better than Tunisia's, and our Panama situation has been the most comfortable so far. It’s like this: Gerty is hauled out of the water to repair…

Since we were in The Gambia, I have not needed to whittle my thoughts down to mere chapters. Moments in time are all I can share with you because, in Guna Yala, there is too much wonderful to put into…

When the sun sets, if we're not in a harbor, we're on a mission to get to one. Although the open ocean brings a blue world steeped in natural beauty, it's also wearing. On day four, we ache. Gravity feels…