Dec 30, 2012
Our good friend Kelley just visited us and after her trip ended she had a layover day in Los Angeles, not the Bay of LA that we love so well, but the big City of Angeles. She relayed to us how terrible that day was, surrounded by the audacity of wealth and the people...
Dec 11, 2012
It sounds like some of the humans back home are wondering how I’m doing with the transition to the sailing life, so I’ve decided to take a few minutes out of my busy schedule and give you a quick rundown of a typical few days aboard Selkie with my crew Mark and Katie....
Dec 2, 2012
The Salsipuedes Channel became legendary in our minds. First of all, there’s the name. Salsipuedes translates to “leave if you can.” Then there were the local fisherman that warned of us of the bad waters in this area. We had seen for ourselves the bizarre currents...
Nov 30, 2012
We rowed back to the boat, Leopard Grouper in hand, salt in our hair, sand in our toes and feeling pretty damn good about life in general. As I boarded Selkie, however, I heard an odd buzzing that wasn’t on the list of her various and sundry moanings, grunts,...
Nov 28, 2012
A few nights ago we floated atop one of the most spectacular light shows that nature has to offer, and one of the most amazing events we’ve experienced in our entire lives. As we rowed back to Selkie from a neighboring boat, bellies full of cold Pacifico beer and...
Nov 26, 2012
You may recall that when we bought Selkie, she came with a 10’ Avon inflatable with an outboard. Soon after getting the boat on the water, we purchased, for a song, a hard rowing and sailing dinghy. The debate of “what’s the best type of tender” has raged on for...
