A shelf cloud rolls in over Pride of Baltimore II and the Schooner Virginia at the Richmond (Va) SailFest.   

 Sometime in the next week, I'm not sure of the precise day, it will be twenty years since SPARTINA was launched for the first time.  Fo...

A booming voice calls out "Good morning, boys!"  My wake-up call as the ferry workers arrive before dawn.  Tuck away the sleeping ...

Morning comes with a walk down British Cemetery Road to Back Road on the way to Ocracoke Coffee Company.  Iced tea and a mango/rasperry muff...

6:15 sails up with the rising sun.  Cool north wind.  Wearing the drysuit, adding a wool sweater at the last minute.  Single reef tucked in....

Light rain in the early morning hours.  Booming thunder at 7:30.  WSW wind and a downpour.  I knew it was coming, the front had been well-fo...

Clear and sunny as I rig SPARTINA at Potters Marine, overcast moves in just as I get ready to launch.  10:10 cast off from the small dock, s...

 With all the moisture in the air, the forecast called for four days of rain and/or thunderstorms. So after 16 days on the water decided to ...

After several days of excellent weather, the early summer weather pattern has caught up with me.  Light winds today, thunderstorms rolling a...