If you've got a Kindle you might want to check out the e-book version of Wake of the Green Storm: A Survivor's Tale. The new Kindle price, including wireless delivery, is only $7.96! Wow. Maybe I should buy a copy for my Kindle -- even though I have read Wake a few times. (Pardon. A Read More
BREE'S BLOG: In The Wake of the Fitzgerald
The crew's mind over matter theory
May 10, 2010
If the captain doesn't mind, it probably doesn't matter.
Boat Operations: We put the K in Kwality
May 4, 2010
Simplicity is the result of profound thought.
That's why onboard this boat,
we always try to keep things simple.
Let us strive not to work
bass akwards.
--from The Dangerous Book for Boaters
That's why onboard this boat,
we always try to keep things simple.
Let us strive not to work
bass akwards.
--from The Dangerous Book for Boaters
Have some regard for your fellow boaters!
April 29, 2010
Be considerate: Wear really dark sunglasses so that you don't have to see others working so hard.-- from The Dangerous Book for Boaters
The would-be visitor to Lake Superior who wanted to visit the Fitzgerald
April 26, 2010
I was on Stan Turner's show Saturday on WLBB (1220am)and he surprised me with a question: A tourist wanted to visit the Edmund Fitzgerald --what advice would you give?Heh. Heh. Stan's always good for a laugh, but this was an actual question someone wrote to the state tourism board for Read More
Oh, Great Skipper in rthe Sky: What is the Meaning of True Happiness?
April 21, 2010
True happiness means that the boat you dream of is actually the boat you have. And what's more, it's paid for.
--from The Dangerous Book for Boating
--from The Dangerous Book for Boating
Yankee Girl -- Safe!
April 20, 2010
One observant fan saw an E-bay ad for a boat that looked an awful lot like Yankee Girl, the 10-foot sloop that Gerry Spiess piloted across the North Atlantic and the South Pacific (see Alone Against the Atlantic pages). But it turns out that the 8-foot 6-inch boat was a knockoff and built by Read More
Thought of the Day: When?
April 19, 2010
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, then when are you going to have the time to do it all over again? -- from The Dangerous Book for Boaters
Water level low on beautiful White Bear Lake
April 10, 2010
The water level is expected to go to an all-time low this year on White Bear Lake, just 17 minutes away from my home in Shoreview, Minnesota. That's awful news for Persistence, which usually gets at least some time sailing on this lake. Last year, I talked with sailboaters and asked how they managed with Read More
Home at last is the heart!
April 8, 2010
For a sailor, nothing beats getting your boat out of storage. My son, Will, and I did that about a week ago and now Persistence sits on her trailer -- awaiting the onrushing summer. Ah!