During one of my recent charters a guest brought a shell back from his snorkle at Cooper Island. He asked if he was allowed to keep it to which I…
And I do so love taking them. This one is from Christmas Cove on Great St James Island looking at the south side of St Thomas in the USVI. I…
As many of you know I haul my boat out in Puerto Del Rey on the east coast of Puerto Rico. This year on the 40 mile trip back to…
Today’s “photo of the day” comes from Otter Creek in Hurricane Hole on St John, USVI. We are looking through the mangrove roots out to open water. Do you feel…
Let me start with the fact that there was nothing wrong with the old seat. The fabric was just worn out. The seat itself was a white vinyl with textured lines…
I get lots of families aboard and I love to see how they enteract. In fact most of my families are close and by being aboard for a week long…
When I visited my parents in Kansas City the first thing we did before heading to their house was go downtown and check out the main library. What this branch…
No? Well here is the All At Sea October 2016 issue with my article on the Bimini Islands in the Bahamas. The unfortunate part for most of you is my monthly column…
I was sailing by Sandy Cay in the BVI and knew i had to take this photo to use as a “photo of the day”. Someone has beached a Hobie…
Every year I fly a different pirate flag from my mast (the USA flag flies on the topping lift in the back of the boat over the cockpit) and last…
I love seeing nurse sharks when I snorkel. Usually they are sleeping under a rock and are very docile. This one I swam up to from behind and he took…
Last season I was working in the starboard engine compartment changing the oil or something when I found a part I did not recognize. Of course I became concerned and…
A new set of cushions will run you $4000 – $6000 dollars, so it makes sense that you will want to keep that investment in the best condition possible for…
There are definantly times we dance on the boat and sometimes we just want to go to the YMCA as my guest show in this “photo of the day”.
Happy New Year’s to you. As you gear up for your night of parties let me share the “photo of the day” with you and show how my guest want…
The “photo of the day” is during one of my many visits to the Full Moon party in Trellis Bay in the BVI. This party is great every month and…
After I spent five days in Puerto Rico making sure the Guiding Light was ready after her four month stay on the hard in Puerto Del Rey, I had it…
I love snorkeling and seeing stuff I don’t see or a regular basis. An eel would be one of those things and an eel swimming along is most definantly something…
I was really lucky that I got to start my charter season Thanksgiving week and had Katelyn and here family aboard. She is the most adorable 10 year girl and…
How would you like to go swimming with turtles as your Christmas present? Many of my guest get to ans you can see in this “photo of the day”.
This is a modified version of the traditional Christmas poem that I wrote several years ago and wanted to re-share with you and to tell each and everyone of my…
Today will be my last blog about the unbelievably cool area in the middle of Turkey called Cappadocia. As I have shown you over the last week and a half…
This is our last “photo of the day” in the Cappadocia area and it is looking over the city of Goreme. Tomorrow I will wrap up our time in this…
This unexpectedly cool monastery is like being in the Goreme Open Air Museum, except the interiors are much more elaborate. What impressed me was how there were passages everywhere. It…
Today’s “photo of the day” has Melek, which is Turkish for angel, sitting in the window of a typical Cappadocian building. It was carved right into the rock very much…
The Derinkuyu underground city is a very cool area in the Cappadocia portion of Turkey. It was first started when the Hittites carved the first two levels in the 8th…
If so then you want to visit the Cappadocia area. Today’s photo of the day is of Guvercinlik at sunset. We are right in the middle of the blogs about this…
The Goreme Open Air Museum is a valley in the Cappadocia area of Turkey (next to a city of the same name). It contains the remains of a Christian society…
Cappadocia is a region in the middle of Turkey where a plateau of soft rock lies. Canyons have been carved into this plateau over the eons and there are many,…
Here the crew at Atmosfer Balloon is getting the balloons ready for our ride in Cappadocia. Up and down the canyons we will go and tomorrow you can read all…