Since 2004, there has been a clear cut advantage to sailboat ownership emerging on the waters of North America and the UK in particular. Fractional Sailing is a good idea, period. But in tough economic times, when you need to make every buck work for you, it could be the difference between sailing and not [...]

As luck would have it, The Cap’n and I were returning from Anacapa, doing Yeomans work on the Big French Girl, when we crossed a group of 2008 McNish Classic participants doing just a bit more than drifting about. It gave me a chance to get some incredible shots with my new 400mm lens. The [...]

We are in the thick of the Wet Wednesday sailboat racing season, 2008 edition, here at Channel Islands Harbor. Yours truly faithfully tends bar and sponsors the event with crew prizes and marvels at the commitment of this collective group of mainly middle aged folks who lead fairly normal lives except for this thing called [...]