My kids talked me into putting an earring in. Rhian even helped them pick one out for me then helped jam it into the earring hole in my ear that hasn't seen an earring in the past 9 years. While I think it goes well with my Captains hat I think I will be switching to something that looks less like a Smartie.

Wow we have had a range of wild weather this week... Gentle winds... No winds... Rain and gale force winds with 8-9 ft waves.....our kids are troopers though and not one of them even batted an eye when we had to leash them to the boat and give them instructions about what to do if they got tossed over board by a wave. We have now been holed up in a Marina for two nights and the kids keep telling us how awesome sailing is. They logged a serious 6 hours in the pla...

Day 2 of sailing in the Adriatic Sea with our friends from Yellowknife, Tim and Debbie and their kids Mira and Shannon. It's great to hang out with them again and surreal to do it on a boat in Croatia. We had an exciting day at sea! Our second day of sailing and we were out in 22 knot winds (40 km/hr). Our 45' boat handled it well as did our Skipper Timmay. Rhian had a smile on her face and I felt like my morning crepes were going to come back up. The kids w...