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Nov 30, 2014

Choosing a Chinese Junk Rig

It is November 30th and the end of another Florida hurricane season. I am grateful for a nine-year stretch…

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Jun 13, 2015

Letters from a War

The year is 5775 in the Hebrew calendar―2015 in the Common Era. Middle-East news is focused on Sunni-Shiite conflicts. The…

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Aug 16, 2016

Rounding Cape of Good Hope

It was late 1999 and I was one of two crew members on Bob’s 46-foot ketch, Hornblower II, on a circumnavigation…

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Sep 29, 2014

Watching the Whale Hunters

Preparing for another migration on a great circle route over the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, I recall a northern…

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Aug 3, 2014

Dixie in Bavaria

The word “Dixie” evokes images of southern gentility mixed with slavery and a brutal war of secession. Therefore, I was surprised…

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Mar 6, 2020

Last Season

One of our favorite activities in the marina is starting the day between 6 and 7 AM, perfect for watching sunrise, and heading to one of…

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Apr 14, 2018

Flaneuring

I love this word. It is so European and cultured even in its Americanized version. For me it means exercise and thinking.

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Jan 18, 2015

The Little Bug that Could

It takes a “long form” to appreciate a long journey. . . . Although I make my home in Florida on a small…

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Dec 4, 2016

Down the Kamilukuak and Up the Kazan

In the summer of 1975 I joined five friends and neighbors in Washington, DC on a whitewater…

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Dec 26, 2014

Imagining Havana

You cannot hang around Key West for very long without getting the urge to visit Cuba. There are constant reminders that it is…

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Migrations between a small farming village in Bavaria and a Gulf of Mexico port on the west coast of Florida — the Sunshine State

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