Images from the 48° North-Ullman Sails Cruising Rally
August 5, 2022
Perfect weather, great sailing, new friends and orcas have punctuated this annual week of cruising in company! We're currently on the last full day of the 2022 48° North-Ullman Sails Cruising Rally in the gorgeous San Juan…
Taz Basin: Sunshine At Hole-in-the-Wall
July 27, 2022
From my vantage point atop a large, round granite boulder, sweeping views of the Gulf of Alaska and rugged Kenai Peninsula coast seemingly stretch on forever. Turning the opposite direction to the east, my view is quite…
R2AK UPDATES: A Fitting Finish to a Wild R2AK
July 7, 2022
Check back here for running updates and analysis of R2AK 2022... After a two year hiatus, R2AK 2022 was a wild and epic voyage... When Team Fix oder Nix and Team Sockeye Voyages rang the finishing bell in Ketchikan on…
Editorial: Beautiful British Columbia
July 5, 2022
On a sunny, early spring day we motored out of Roche Harbor, set our sails and shaped a westerly course toward Vancouver Island.
Costa Rica Recap: The Pura Vida Experience
May 21, 2022
If you're planning to cruise Central America, don't skip Costa Rica. The good life is for real. Prior to November 2021, our family had never visited Costa Rica before. From friends and acquaintances who have come to Costa…
A 10 Year Milestone: From the PNW to the Panama Canal
March 31, 2022
This article was originally published in the April 2022 issue of 48° North. Looking forward and aft — at what, I'm not exactly sure — our canal pilot, Francisco, says simply, “Slow down, we need to wait here.” I can feel…
A Very Dinghy Christmas
December 20, 2021
Over the years, 48° North has decked the hulls with a variety of boating related yuletide joy. Since it's that season again, we're digging into the vault with some stories of holiday's past to help get you in the spirit. In…
Winter Shakedown: A Year-End Cruise in Icy Alaska Offers Family Warmth
December 16, 2021
This article was originally published in the November 2021 issue of 48° North.
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What’s life like on passage?
December 8, 2021
From Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska, all the way south to Mexico and Central America, one of the things I've always enjoyed about writing this blog (going on 7 years!) is that I get to share our family's…
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Happily Home on the Sea
November 22, 2021
Last week I wrote a sailing story for the blog, but it felt a bit rushed to jump back in after so many months off and I didn't hit publish. We'd recently returned home to Yahtzee in southern Mexico, cleaned her up, gotten…