Yachting Youth and Google Can Be Wrong
Dear Friends, It’s summertime, so warm and beautiful, shorts and T-shirt weather. Margaret and I recently returned from attending the ACBS St. Michaels Wooden Boat Show. It is always good to get up there. We went up a few days early to see and stay with the Canteras. Dave’s kids are the best. I found a magazine, “Prop Talk,” and when I talked to Frank Cantera, Dave’s son, I said “You should be doing this.” The kid looked at me strangely and replied “That’s me.” After a few tr
"Jenny Clark" Makes A Splash and Tales From Wisconsin
Dear Friends, It seems that 2018 is moving at quite a clip, I blinked and now it’s March. On Wednesday, February 28th, we officially launched “Jenny Clark.” It was like waking “Sleeping Beauty.” She has been in the shed waiting for spring. I am very proud of how beautiful she is – from the major bottom refit to stripping, splining, and painting her hull, and to a major system redo. We installed both a bow thruster, but more impressively a stern thruster that is a water-jet de
Trying times and "Timeless" tales
Dear friends, The last few weeks have been trying times. I recently flew down to South Florida to be with my sister Linda who was having surgery. I had a long list in my hand of other things that needed to be done. I only had time to spend with her. Margaret and I were scheduled to fly back to North Carolina on Sept. 8. But late the night before we received a message that our 6 a.m. flight out of Fort Lauderdale had been canceled and our flight was rescheduled for the followi
Saving "Windrush" and the End of a Story
Dear friends, It’s Sunday and I have decided to go on an adventure! I grabbed my camera and a pad of paper and head off. I am now waiting for a ferry at Cherry Point to take me to Minnosett Beach. I will end up taking four ferry trips today to get there and back. This is a great opportunity to write this letter. So, what was the adventure? To go see the Trumpy M/Y “Windrush.” Driving through the countryside in Eastern North Carolina is great this time of year. Wildflowers and
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