Sailing Life

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  • Underway to the SSCA gam

    It’s not too late to join us on the Rhode River for a fun weekend of seminars and new friends! www.ssca.org

  • 15 years later I redeem myself! 

    15 years later I redeem myself! 

    31:00:00 left. Before our last cruise in 2002 at an SSCA nautical flea market, I found a Pactor modem to transmit data over long distances (so you get email in the middle of the ocean) . Removing my hand for a split second to take a phone call, someone else swooped in and bought it. We left on that cruise for the year without a single side band radio. Fast-forward to 2017, and Nina is stronger, faster, and smarter! So, when I saw an Icom 802 radio and Pactor III modem this time, I unashamedly left my hand on it…

  • Join us for raft up and seminars Sept. 23-24!

    Join us for raft up and seminars Sept. 23-24!

    It’s not too late to join Don and me this weekend at the SSCA Gathering of Mariners (GAM). You don’t need to be salty to listen to Donna Lange talk about solo circumnavigating twice or kick up your heels to the Eastport Oyster Boys playing with a rolicking fire at Camp Letts.  You can do just that for $25 per person; register here! We’re starting with a Friday evening dingy raft up potluck on the Rhode River, and S/V Enjoy will be the anchor boat. This is open to all folks and is no charge, just bring something to share.…

  • Custom Band-aids on our 68′ stick

    Custom Band-aids on our 68′ stick

    43:00:00 days left and we are a sailboat again!  Thanks to Annapolis Rigging, S/V Enjoy has some hard core custom fabricated, anodized plates and spreader tips, tangs and new standing rigging that should keep our mast up and held steady under major conditions for a good 10 years.   Now to get out there and test her limits!

  • Join me Sept. 23-24 for a weekend of sailing seminars by the experts!

    Join me Sept. 23-24 for a weekend of sailing seminars by the experts!

    67:00:00 left.  I’ve worked very very hard lining up an amazing list of world class speakers for a two day seminar that’s only $50 for non-members!  Join me and Seven Seas Cruising Association members this September 23-24 at Camp Letts, Edgewater, MD.   You’ll hear a keynote address by two-time solo circumnavigation sailing ventures, Donna Lange, and kick up your heels at a dance party with the Eastport Oyster Boys. Other Speakers include:  Monty and Sara Lewis on sailing the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos, and Matt Rutherford on cruising the Arctic.  Lin Pardey brings tried and true counsel on keep relationships working well afloat.…

  • Bye bye all our material possessions

    71:00:00 left. I feel so free! Like I dropped 100 lbs…oh we did better than that. We dropped 6300 lbs! Thanks to family and friends who gave loving homes to the really important stuff (like big blue). Thanks to Ruth and Peter for allowing us to stage all this in their home over a period of 5 days, and to Tali, Josh, Jenny, and Debbie for the muscle. Ever onward and not looking back!