The Panama Canal… and I Tied the Knot!
A lifetime at sea comes full circle—and with just over fifty days to go, the finish line is finally in sight. Sailors have their own language for a lot of…
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May 31, 2026
Cold Seas, Narrow Margins, and Home at Last
From ice-limit sailing to a dockside reunion—five thousand miles where the lead was never safe. It is going to be a shorter post this time—so my apology. Seattle was too…
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April 27, 2026
Bad Luck, Heartbreak, and Joy. Qingdao to Tongyeong
From a perfect race unraveling at sea to a fleeting reunion on land—heartbreak, perspective, and the long road home across the Pacific Screenshot Qingdao didn’t just send us off—it celebrated…
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March 21, 2026
Leg 4 – Relentless
Relentless is the word that keeps coming back to me when I think about Leg 4, Relentless helming. Relentless wind. Relentless pressure on the boat and the crew. Before you…
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January 15, 2026
One Tack Every Minute
How the 1983 America’s Cup taught me—four decades and three ocean crossings later—what pressure really costs I grew up loving the America’s Cup. Not casually. Devotionally. The America’s Cup is…
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December 20, 2025
The race begins today!
Today I finally set off on the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race—something I’ve been training hoping, dreaming, and training for 2.5 years. Race 1 will take us from Portsmouth…
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August 31, 2025