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As I sit here anchored off Lee Stocking Island in the Bahamas, I think back on the many experiences we have had since we sailed away from Youngstown, New York at the west end of Lake Ontario in September of 2016.  Cruising is a mixture of sheer heaven and sometimes sheer hell.  I’m sure you’ve… Continue reading Plan for the times when all may not be well in Paradise

by Kristen Miller   We met Anne and Jon Hutchings in the fall of 2005 when we bought our first cruising sailboat, Whisper, a 1977 27’ Albin Vega. Our decades long friendship took root during that fall of 2005 when, as very green and young sailors we cast off the dock lines to sail Whisper… Continue reading 17 Years of Friendship

Written by Rob Carter   In the early 1990’s, I bought an old Columbia 24 sailboat with an Atomic 4 gasoline engine. I kept the boat at a private pier on Town Creek off the Corrotoman River and sailed mostly in the Rappahannock River with my wife Terry and our Golden Retriever Ginger.   After… Continue reading A Tale of Expecting The Unexpected