On to the Galapagos The truth is I’m tired. I really don’t want to be writing a blog post right now. I haven’t stopped since I got back to the boat a month ago. Every day has been a grind to get the boat ready for this moment. I think the rest of the crew […]
Off to the South Pacific! Read More »
Hey everyone, been very busy this week finishing up projects and preparations before our Panama Canal transit date on January 29th. Mainly what took up most of the week was the installation of our new Hydrovane, which will allow us to steer the boat with the power of the wind and the sea, greatly reducing
Anytime the boat goes back in the water it feels like you’re going home again. You get back to the dock and socialize with fellow cruisers, you’re able to simply step off the boat instead of go up and down a dangerous latter, you can actually use the toilet and the refrigerator….it feels like luxury.
Splashed, Literally Read More »
Every time I leave my boat unattended for a prolonged period of time something bad seems to happen to it. Back in April of 2022 I left Raindancer at Linton Bay Marina, on the Caribbean side of Panama for about a month and a half. When I came back there was a small ecosystem of
To my faithful subscribers and followers of DistantSeas, I’m sorry. I’m sorry that my last post was 10 months ago. I’m sorry that it was right before an 1100nm passage from The Bahamas to Panama; and I’m sorry that I never let you know that we arrived safely in Bocas del Toro, Panama after 8
Hello everyone, I wanted to give everyone an update on our current status on board Raindancer. I haven’t posted a blog in the past 2 weeks because I’ve found it very difficult to write about the past when we are living so presently. I also feel like between working on the boat, sailing from place
Update from Raindancer Read More »
I needed to get out of New York for many reasons, most of them financial. In general it was going to cost me much more money to stay in New York to work on my upcoming, pre-pacific projects, than in Annapolis. Marina’s I found were more expensive, with most of them not even allowing liveaboards,
The day is July 20th, 2021. I’m in the aisle seat of a United flight from West Palm Beach, FL to Newark, NJ. I recalled that Jeff Bezos was set to take off for his flight to space at 0900 so I turned on CNN on the backrest television of the seat in front of
Kelly Peterson 44: Recommissioning a classic Read More »
Three years ago, my friend Kevin and I were sitting at the Hog Cay anchorage near Ragged Island in the Bahamas. We had just enjoyed weeks of sailing through the uninhabited island chain of the Jumentos, spearfishing every day. Other than Great Inagua, Ragged Island is the southernmost island in the Bahamas, and a decent
When I was growing up I routinely underperformed in literature classes. Nothing was more boring than learning about a subject I had zero interest in. If you would have asked me then if I would ever be interested in writing as a hobby I would have politely told you to go f**k yourself. But similarly
Why I Started a Photography Blog Read More »