Steerage
I’d never given much thought to how a boat is steered, you know, mechanically. Turns out it’s basically a big Rube Goldberg machine: I turn the wheel, a drunken ferret craps in the corner of an alternate reality, and the rudder turns. The Sea Shanti has a mechanical system - [...]
Pinetop
I’m always surprised when people don’t understand that sailboats have engines. I guess I see why they’d think that, but still… The Sea Shanti has a 40 hp Perkins Diesel engine that we named Pinetop after the boogie woogie pianist Pinetop Perkins cause we’re cool like that. We carry 60 [...]
Time Travel
It recently occurred to me that we are, in some ways, time travelers. Beyond the fact that the Sea Shanti was built in 1974, making it around the same age as Autumn and I, the way we live seems split between three eras. […]
Money, Money, Money
Money is an almost universal worry of modern life, and we’re no different (for now). […]
Duck
Quick Update Ahoy, faithful readers. We’re just off the July 4th holiday still in port here in New Orleans. […]
The Legend of Saint Squeakus and the Maine Coon of the Moon
Back in February, I wrote this legend as a way to find comfort after the loss of my sweet cat Squeaky. It’s one of my favorite pieces of writing I’ve ever come up with. […]
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Recipe Tinga
I’ve mentioned before that one of my culinary goals is to learn to make the foods I crave instead of being dependent on dining out. […]
Captain Jack and Quartermaster Autumn
Boatswain Fain
The Sea Shanti
