We Ran Aground
June 7, 2019 We ran aground! And I’m SO GLAD. Why am I so happy about the fact that the four layers of expensive bottom paint are literally being sanded off while I write this? Because I have heard about…
Mother’s Day
It’s a rainy Mother’s Day and I am thankful. I am thankful for my kids and my mother, and my mother in law and my step mother. Also, I am thankful for my ‘mom friends’ who ride this roller coaster…
Saturday Work
Note to self: work less, sail more. I arrive at Gerty late in the day after Saturday clinic, but what a day it is! Light south wind, perfect for a sunset sail with our gennaker, nicknamed “Happy Sail.” I hang…
Fun Rain or Shine
This weekend, the weather forecast was shitty, but it was clear early Friday evening that nothing was going to stop us from going for a sail. I’m thankful for that cause I’m sitting in Cold Spring Harbor as I write…
Around Manhattan Again
On Saturday April 27th Gerty left her winter port in Peekskill, New York and headed towards Lady Liberty in route to Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck, New York, her ‘in season’ home. It was a crisp, sunny day with 20…
Getting Ready for a New Season
We magically turned Monday into a second Sunday last weekend and now Gerty is ready for her fourth and final coat of antifouling paint. After spending many winter weekends flat on his back scraping barnacles off her belly, Michael wants…
Okefenokee
Like the teacher that states with conviction on the first day of school, “There is no stupid question.” and really means it, Michael and I delight in answering questions about our sailing life. Granted at this early stage, we are…
Ten and a Half Bridges
Saturday, November 3 We had wonderful reasons to be away from Gerty these past few weeks, but we missed her dearly. And to think we have returned this weekend to bring her to her winter resting place. So I write…
How Two Americans Decided to Buy a New Boat From France
My love for the beach was always hard for Michael to understand. For him, it was too crowded, too sunny, too sedentary, and way too sandy. Many times he asked me, “Why do you like the beach?” My answer was…
Fall Sailing – Long Island Sound
Wednesday September 19 - We have done it again! We’ve escaped the work week early and it’s starting to feel a little bit less like we’ve broken all the rules and more like we’ve done something super smart. We meet in…