After finalizing much of the logistics necessary to purchase my boat it was finally time to bring her from Warren R.I. down to her new home at Clark’s Boat Yard in Jamestown, R.I. It was early on a still Saturday morning; my girlfriend, Karen and I met up with the boat’s original owner, who hadContinue reading “Mast Head-ache”
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My first sleepless night
I am a notoriously sound sleeper. I’ve slept through many a New Years celebration, thunderstorms, even the odd hurricane. But the night after I purchased my first boat, a 1961 Rhodes Chesapeake, I found myself in the unique situation off staring up at the ceiling. All I could think about was my recent purchase andContinue reading “My first sleepless night”
Bird Crap, Craigslist and my Diamond in the Rough
A constant desire to be out on the water is something of an occupational hazard I face working as a marine journalist, which in a way makes sense. Day after day stories of turquoise water, wide-open diesel engines and adventure pass across my desk. This sparked what would become two serious past times, daydreaming andContinue reading “Bird Crap, Craigslist and my Diamond in the Rough”
Boy and a Boat 