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Sail with Capt. Marc
Capt. Marc, veteran of multiple ocean crossings, and instructional pro, invites you to join him for lessons and/or excursions under sail. By special arrangement only.
- Up to six sailors aboard J/42, Songline
- Develop skills and confidence
- Offshore passage-making opportunities
- Performance sailing for speed and safety
- Skippered charters in exotic locations
- Shakedown on your boat
- Deliveries
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“There’s No Place Like Nowhere” – John Lennon
I am republishing this entry from 2007 in honor of John Lennon’s 70th birthday. “It’s fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that—-it’s all illusion.Unknown is what it is. Accept that... »
San Francisco Bay Reconnaissance
For many years we raced on the SF Bay. Events like the Three Bridge Fiasco, Delta Ditch Run, Silver Eagle, and Double-Handed Farallones provided us with many thrills and challenges. Now it's time to slow down the pace and take a bit of time to smell the roses. »
Fresh Video Clip – Sailing on Monterey Bay
It’s been a while since my last Sail the Channel entry. My excuse? I’ve been messing around in boats almost non-stop during the past few months. After my excursions in the Caribbean, I found myself committed to quite a few classes on the Monterey Bay. I also spent about three weeks on a mini-refit... »
Heineken Regatta: Santa Cruz Mid-winter race
Okay, okay! so it was way harder to get online for daily posting than I anticipated. The series is over now and I'm waiting for Monica to arrive for few days R&R. All I can say is that it was the most sailing fun I' ve had in a long time! Tomorrow... »
Blowback 5 – In the Middle
We landed in Saint George Harbor, Bermuda, in late May of 2002 after a boisterous and eventful five-day crossing from Norfolk, Virginia. There we met the crews of other eastbound sailing vessels, all closely monitoring daily weather forecasts. Every afternoon we gathered in a little waterside pub to talk about the 1800 miles of... »
Blowback 4 – Sailor’s Status
Two years into our voyage the Yucatan current catapulted us northward in a great arc toward the east coast of the United States. From the Keys, we snaked our way in and out of the inland waterway toward the Chesapeake Bay. Along the way we used the few anchorages we could find between $100-a-night... »
Running the Bar at Bahia Jiquilisco
Most cruising guides tell you that stopping in El Salvador is not a very good idea. They say that the place has no safe harbors and has been at war for a long, long time. But we’d been at sea for almost five days, including the night we spent hove-to off the entrance to... »
Blowback 3 – Entropy Rules
We achieved escape velocity on a foggy September morning. Songline, ship-shape and bristling with new boating gadgets, loped southward on a light westerly. Over the days and weeks that followed we grew accustomed to the rhythms and routines of voyaging. For the first month life seemed idyllic. Then the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Entropy)... »
Blowback 2 – The Trip Takes Us
Like you, the idea of voyaging under sail infected me at an early age. I don’t think I took it seriously. It was a fantasy. People who actually did push-off were wild-eyed adventures or rich jet-setters. The reality of voyaging crept up on me slowly after years of day sailing, racing, and weekend cruises. One day... »
The Rules
The Skipper always makes the RULES. The Rules are subject to change at any time without prior notice. No Crew can possibly know all the RULES. If the Skipper suspects that the Crew knows all the RULES, the Skipper must immediately change some or all of them. The Skipper is never wrong. If the... »