Ok, so those of you that know me take the above statement for the sarcasm that it is. Those that don’t know me have to understand my sense of humor…
This blog is going to a reminiscent of a great night a couple weeks ago more than informative, but I hope you enjoy it none the less. I had two…
Last week we were the second day of charter and had just pulled into Cooper Island when my guest, James, saw a Sunsail boat names Triple D. On the boat…
So every now and then I start to tell my guest a story about a place that we are at and they will interrupt me by saying “is this the…
Ok not really, but I have a nice story to tell you. The other week I had the boat moored on the west side of Little St James Island (Christmas…
Do you see a pattern with the above quotes? It is the absence of action because one is scared of what they have not experienced. As I tell my sailing…
Does the thought of palm tree fringed beaches make your toes curl as you think about having them buried in the sand? How about the excitement of snorkeling colorful reefs…
Just kidding! Up in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda in the BVI there is a lady who goes from boat to boat each morning in her dinghy selling jewelry….
The first time I visited St Croix in 2013 I got a tan t-shirt with a pirate skeleton laying in a hammock. The tag line was “A pirate’s weekend is…
I do not own a lot of stuff. A side from boat equipment and kitchen utensils I probable have 15 t-shirts, 15 shorts, 4 pairs of footwear (I have no…
Do you see a pattern with the above quotes? It is the absence of action because one is scared of what they have not experienced. As I tell my…
I was going to write a blog about my boat being my home, but after the excitement of Sunday night I have an urge to share my happiness that the…
When I check my mailbox last week I was pleasantly surprised, because I had a package from some very close friends in Colorado. I have no idea where they found…
How hard do you think it would be to organize nine squares with tops and/or bottoms of four lighthouses? The answer is WAY harder than you think, because they give…
I am honestly asking, because I always heard that if it could be put on another vessel then it was a boat and if it was too big then it…
A couple weeks ago I headed to St Thomas from Culebra because I had a good weather window and a slight possibility for a last minute charter, which did not…
For most people this time of year the word reindeer brings an image like this: But after my trip to the northern part of Norway where they hunt, bred, and…
But what do you do to keep it cold? For the last several years I had a collection of coozies available for guest to slip their cans into. I even…
Is there anything better than when friends become like family? I think not and I was lucky enough to spend the entire month of October in Colorado seeing friends…
This year I have set foot four different continents and seen several things that I have never heard of before, but it was not until I made it to Missouri…
I love playing board games and even more love introducing my guest to great games they have never heard of. With that said I have two new games to teach…
I feel very fortunate that 95% of the guest aboard the Guiding Light embrace the idea of no disposable water bottles. Instead they use the reusable bottles I give them…
As many of you know, or can deduce from the boat name, I am a Christian. I am not one to write about my faith very often (I prefer to…
When I visit Dallas there are two places I want to make sure I eat before I leave. The first is El Fenix, which was one of the very first…
In Charlotte Amalie harbor in St Thomas, USVI there are lots of boats anchored or moored. Most of these boats are either crusiers passing through, the day boat fleet, or…
A couple months ago I was sleepy when something hit my boat. Turns out another boat drug anchor and was sitting right on top of me. As I walk to…
I was at Culebrita last month on a Saturday and there were a lot of boats (in fact we figured at least $100 million dollars in the bay). I happened…
I wrote the following song for the sailing community (well I might have had a little help from Kenny Chesney 🙂 haha). Sailin’ these waters in the hot summer sun…
Sometimes you need to step back and have someone else look at a project to give you a fresh perspective and another way to look at a problem. This was…
One time I was snorkeling and one of my guest pointed to the ocean floor 25 below us and said it looked like a coffin was sitting there. I immediately swam…