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We're still throwing it all away…
We give lip-service to recycling, but what’s in our dumpsters and trash bins tell a different story. This photo was taken of a trash bin that sat directly next to bins clearly labelled for recyclables. Why, after decades of advertising and outreach about the need to recycle our trash, does this still happen? Location: Onboard Sérénité, Back Creek,…
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Plastic, Plastic Everywhere!
We must do more to keep plastics out of the environment. From floating “islands” of plastic garbage that collect in the gyres of our oceans (Read more) to bits of plastic bags I find in the sediment that comes up with my anchor, plastic is a huge problem. Aside from the fact that seabirds, turtles,…
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The Stanley Norman
The Stanley Norman one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. Out of a fleet of hundreds of skipjacks that worked Bay waters in the early years of the 20th century, today only this small number remain to carry on the tradition…
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Winter Prep 3: Insulating Sérénité
Taming the "Drips"
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Tornado Trouble
“Whirl, whirl, twist and twirl…” So, I fell asleep last night to the relaxing sounds of rain and distant thunder. Around 01:00, I was awakened by the sudden, violent movement of the boat in her slip as she was brought up hard against her mooring lines and rolled about 15 degrees to port. There were…
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Fort Lauderdale to the Marquesas Keys
The Conch Republic and Beyond!
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Sunrise Jellyfish Encounter
Aliens from the Abyss 😉
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Annapolis to Norfolk
Over the past several days I’ve been sailing with my friend Ralph as he begins his journey down to the Caribbean. This first leg of his trip was kind of a shakedown as he recently had a lot of repairs and upgrades done to his boat. So, plan was that I would accompany him as far as we could get in…
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Winter Preparations 2
Surviving winter aboard – in comfort
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Glowing Toilet Water!?
Invasion of the Dinoflagellates! I answered nature’s call this morning before sunrise and got a surprise when I flushed – the water glowed! Marine heads flush into holding tanks using water from the ocean, or in my case the Chesapeake Bay. When I pumped the handle the water entering the bowl lit up like a Christmas…
