Re-Entry
No matter how much I love exploring our planet, it always feels good to step off the plane onto U.S. soil. This is my home. Or is it?
Read MorePosted by shiera | Apr 30, 2022 | Adventures
No matter how much I love exploring our planet, it always feels good to step off the plane onto U.S. soil. This is my home. Or is it?
Read MorePosted by shiera | Apr 10, 2022 | Adventures
The longest I had lived anywhere was five years so it seems fitting to me that a place where I’ve spent the last three sailing seasons feels a little like home.
Read MorePosted by shiera | Dec 13, 2021 | Adventures
A dinghy is a critical piece of our household and everybody has a story about losing one. We were six miles from shore, seas were choppy, and the sun was bright. It would be a miracle to find the needle in this haystack of an ocean.
Read MorePosted by shiera | Nov 16, 2021 | Adventures
I’ve been searching for an underwater critter since we began this journey. It lives in the sea but is a terrible swimmer. It’s considered a fish but doesn’t have scales, a stomach, or teeth. The female of the species is in charge…
Read MorePosted by shiera | Nov 15, 2021 | Allen's Fo'c'sle
I watched a webinar that featured a solution to chafing and creaking reefing lines by using a hook that grabs the clew of the sail and holds it without tension on the reefing line. Now how to get that on Gemeaux?
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