Category: Sailing

SAILING THE OCEAN BLUE (PART IV)

JUNE 5, 2025 – (Cont.) At the cabin, Dad used the cabin mower in the same fashion he’d deployed the home mower: as a jerry-rigged dolly. Together we maneuvered the Fleetwind hull from the trailer to the west side of the cabin. He then attached an extended painter to the bow, and while he controlled …

SAILING THE OCEAN BLUE (PART III)

JUNE 4, 2025 – (Cont.) Late in the afternoon, the big Sears delivery van pulled up to our house. Its two occupants hopped out, one holding some papers. I happened to be standing in the driveway, so I was able to vouch for the precious cargo in the hold of their ship . . . …