Prideful Mariner and the Wooden Sloop that Could

What is it about sailing that you don’t get? The years I devoted to Maestro had more to do with my learning how to show up and do something. The relationship between the sleek wooden sloop and my character expanded me. I became a more complete sailor. I learned that I could handle a lot […]

Total Displacement of Your Fate

I sailed into an unexpected robust 29 knot steady wind Saturday in San Francisco. By October the autumn pattern has taken hold and with it lighter winds. My wife and I sailed with another couple departing from the Sausalito Yacht Club. The gentleman owns a Hinkley 43. It displaces 25,000 lbs according to the numbers […]

Water Wonder Dog World

Lacey is a good dog. I tell her that. I say, “Lacey you are a good dog.” She’s deaf now. Can’t hear me, didn’t listen when she could unless I said, “Where’s the ball?” Then she heard me! She’s 14 years old now and sinks like a stone. She doesn’t have the energy to […]

Going Up the Mast

I have tried a few times now to go to the top of my mast. It is 45 feet off the deck of the boat. I needed to go up and have a closer look around. It wasn’t like I made this up. It is what a prudent sailor needs to do. The locking […]

Changing Fears

Subliminal acts are regular feature length phenomenon of our minds incessant working. We are often unaware that our minds have hijacked our thinking and that in fact what we are doing is fearing something, worrying about something, planning something, solving something all the while we are doing an altogether different task with our mind. We […]

Change the Light Bulb… That’s Easy

Fear of change comes into view when it requires hoisting up a mast of a sailboat to change a light bulb. The mast on this Jeanneau sloop measures 45 feet from the deck. One person goes up the mast to do the work while a second is depended upon to winch the worker both up […]