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Lessons From a Year of Living Dangerously. And Vibrantly. And Spontaneously.

Lessons From a Year of Living Dangerously. And ...

Last Christmas, the length of our to-do list would have overwhelmed Santa. Colin and I were hip-deep in selling our furniture, renting our house, prepping the boat for its new...

Lessons From a Year of Living Dangerously. And ...

Last Christmas, the length of our to-do list would have overwhelmed Santa. Colin and I were hip-deep in selling our furniture, renting our house, prepping the boat for its new...

Recipe for Apple Pie à la Mer

Recipe for Apple Pie à la Mer

Start with a three-day coastal passage from Ensenada to Turtle Bay, delayed until your departure falls smack on Thanksgiving. Next, consider carefully what festive holiday dish can be made using...

Recipe for Apple Pie à la Mer

Start with a three-day coastal passage from Ensenada to Turtle Bay, delayed until your departure falls smack on Thanksgiving. Next, consider carefully what festive holiday dish can be made using...

Working the Dream

Working the Dream

Sailing Pristine: the Maintenance Issue For those of you who open Pristine’s adventures for soothing photos of paradise to help you through your workday, we’re afraid we will disappoint you...

Working the Dream

Sailing Pristine: the Maintenance Issue For those of you who open Pristine’s adventures for soothing photos of paradise to help you through your workday, we’re afraid we will disappoint you...

Point Conception In Our Rearview

Point Conception In Our Rearview

We were screaming downwind in 25 knots of breeze with following seas. The jib was giving us six knots of boat speed and we were surfing eight foot swells with...

Point Conception In Our Rearview

We were screaming downwind in 25 knots of breeze with following seas. The jib was giving us six knots of boat speed and we were surfing eight foot swells with...

Shaken, Not Stirred

Shaken, Not Stirred

We said the California Coast would be our shakedown sail and here we are: shaking away.  The planned passage from Monterey to San Simeon went well with two exceptions: it...

Shaken, Not Stirred

We said the California Coast would be our shakedown sail and here we are: shaking away.  The planned passage from Monterey to San Simeon went well with two exceptions: it...

"I'm just living the dream right now."

"I'm just living the dream right now."

That was all I could reply after my fourth round of feeding the fish off the leeward rail.

"I'm just living the dream right now."

That was all I could reply after my fourth round of feeding the fish off the leeward rail.