I wrote in a recent post over on my boat-focused site about my current situation in terms of work, life, the boat and, um, yeah, life. And as I wrote over there, I had a drive up to Massachusetts planned. The trip was going to be a quick one, a couple of days, to tackle some errands, most notably getting my car inspected and legal for another year. I did that drive this past Sunday and well, I’m still at…
I’ve turned off comments on this site because the spambots are just overwhelming. Upwards of 25 bullshit comments in an hour, all of them from the same handful of Russian IP addresses. I mark them as spam but it does no good (thanks, WordPress). And I don’t feel like paying for a spam blocker plug-in. But I do want to hear your thoughts and feedback so please email me directly. You can find my email address here on the site….
Jill and I were the graveyard watch the first night out of St. Maarten bound for Bermuda in 2013. We were crewing for my two Dutch friends, Boogie and Marlies, aboard the 70-something-foot luxury yacht the two pro sailors were running for a couple of rich Euros. I had first crewed for Boogie and Marlies in May 2010, also leaving from St. Maarten, that time bound for Newport, Rhode Island. And I crewed for them all summer long in 2011…