So I’m sitting in the lounge of the Royal Irish Yacht Club just outside of Dublin as the rain continues to fall, with a pint at my side. It is Bloom’s week here so a pint and a keyboard are just the ticket. Nancy and I arrived here by quite an interesting route that I’m
So, it has been quite a while since you’ve heard from us. You may have thought that after leaving Ireland we’d fallen off the face of the earth. Well, that is partially accurate; we ended up in Iowa. Des Moines is our home and we spent the winter there sitting in front of a warm
Boy has it been a while since we’ve been in touch. We have had a crazy fun time though. So, we left Dingle and had a brisk sail to Carrigaholt and anchored in the lee of yet another tower house (castle). Carrigaholt town is just a quiet little fishing village with a nice pub and
Well, here we are in Dingle, county Kerry. We’ve been here for nearly two weeks already, socked in by really atrocious weather. It has rained everyday and the wind in the harbor has not dropped below 20kts since we arrived. The seas outside have been 4-5 meters and even the fishing boats have stayed inside.
So, here we are in Valentia Island on another blustery day. The wind is gusting near 30 kts and we are hunkered down baking cookies for my birthday. We have been slowly working our way around the West Coast going up and down the bays and sneaking out into the Atlantic for a few hours
Hey there! We’re in Ireland! After a confusing 8 day passage we sailed past the famous (notorious) Fastnet Rock and into Baltimore in county Cork on the southern end of the island. This Baltimore has a great harbor, fun and interesting folks and good stout. Let’s start with the passage. Well, we started off in
Well gentle reader, we have arrived in what appears to be Heaven! They call it the Azores but that’s just to keep it a secret from the rest of us. The skies are blue, the sea is clear as glass and the firmament is a color wheel of greens and browns and reds. The water
So kids, let me tell you a story of a weird genius who once upon a time had a vision that everyone in the world could communicate without barriers and share honest, considered facts for mere pennies a day. Well… it never happened; but, we do have STARLINK! I’m coming to you today from the
So, here we are in Bermuda again. This time the weather is actually beautiful, finally. We arrived on the 26th of May, to the day a year ago when we left. It seems as though we missed an entire year of sailing, but we did have a lot of fun doing other things, so all
Where has the time gone? I’ll tell you: It has been swallowed up by poor weather and bad auto pilot! When last we met we were homeward bound for Christmas in Iowa. Well, family time was fun and the train rides were relaxing. We continued our vacation by going to Beaver Creek, CO for a
