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Could it be? 5 years at sea?
On the 30th of January, Swell and I celebrated 5 years of voyaging together! Top 5 lessons I’ve learned: 1. Be grateful for what’s good and find the positive. 2. Try first, then decide if you ‘can’ or ‘can’t’. 3. Hard work will almost always get you there. 4. Even when it all seems impossible, [...]
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Changes in Latitudes…43°N to 17º S!!
It was shocking to think that in the 7 years I’d owned Swell, my dear father had NEVER sailed with me!?!…He’d spent more than a dad’s share of hours working aboard Swell while she was tied to the dock in Santa Barbara and when he came to my rescue in the Puntarenas boatyard in Costa [...]
Diggin Up My Sailing Roots: Meet Great Uncle Jim
My Great Uncle Jim is 97 years-old. He’s my paternal grandfather’s brother, and true to the Clark genes, he’s as tough and cantankerous as they come. It had been two years since I had made a visit to see him on one of my prior trips home. I’d been curious about my sailing roots and [...]
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Happiness and the pursuit of passion?
It seems clear to me that there is a direct ratio between happiness and the amount of time we spend pursuing our passions. Following my surge of inspiration to follow my heart, I noticed the people RIGHT around me who were putting themselves nearer to their passions, making a difference in their own lives, and [...]
Helmut goes to the ‘Supermarket’: Reduce, reuse, recycle!
…Helmut emerged, a bit confused as to why I was there. “Yes?” He asked. “Um. Hi. Yeah, I was just wondering if you needed some help coming into the marina? You know about the cyclone right?” “Yes.” He replied. “I’ve been listening to the weather on the radio every hour. I don’t want to go [...]
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Shayla and Uncle Lenny
“Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce you to Shayla.” Caesar said casually as he walked me through his house. He would be gone for ten days and needed someone to feed his five cats. I needed a place to stay while Fred did the fiberglassing inside the boat, so it worked out perfectly for both [...]
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GET OOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT!
Adrian, the cheery 6’ 2” Canadian, was low on cash but full of spirit. He had been borrowing my bike for the prior week to ride to town for parts and pieces to fix up his newly acquired steel sloop. He dropped by just as Mike’s overtime charges were about to begin accumulating, so I [...]
Extracteuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur!!! Say it with a french accent…it’s kinda fun.
So…I carried the broken parts back across the yard. Everyone looked over at me curiously. “Extracteur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” I yelled. They just wrinkled their foreheads and went back to whatever they were doing…I’m like a bad rash around …impossible to get rid of… So next, Make the washer out of a thick piece of steel. Reinforce and [...]
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Arrrrrg…