Today has been slow by all means. The wind has continued to play the part of the eternally undecided. Sometimes it blows from the southeast and with the blink of an eye it shifts to the northwest, never before finding it's way in every other direction possible. Yet the gripe about the wind is the only one that can be made because the sun has shone all day and the seas have bared a softer side. Around 4:30 dad and I were visited by four large dolphin at the bow of...

Today the weather was perfect. Sunny skies 99 percent of the time with a nice southwesterly wind that put us on a long beam reach. There was a momentary rain shower late morning, which dad saw as an opportunity to bare it all and shower, got to love the big blue empty parts of the world. Bruce has really proven to me that he's the full package as a captain. He re-rigged the starbird trampoline and troubleshot for an hour with pops over engine problems. I will be ...

First night at sea with Bruce and my father. The afternoon ride north up the inter-coastal was pleasant, yet with the rapidly approaching weather at our backs, I began to sense the unpredictability of life at sea. The first 5 hrs at sea have been very mild and the wind seems to have picked up. After becoming better acquainted with bruce, really appreciating his kindly shared wealth of knowledge, I am settling in for the night. Presently on a starbird tack with th...