Sailing Afrikii

Category: USVI

  • Life lesson

    Life lesson

    As one would suspect, I became a bit unhinged in the transition from managing a busy maternity floor to fretting if the zippers of the cockpit shades are adequately lubricated. I wonder what is the point of all this…in the big picture?

  • Boats that float

    Boats that float

    The thing about boats is that no natural force believes they should exist, except maybe buoyancy, and even it permits a boat to exist only within a narrowly prescribed formula that is easily upset if weather, blunt force, or gravity have any say.

  • Buying a boat sight-unseen during a pandemic

    Buying a boat sight-unseen during a pandemic

    From what we could tell from afar, this boat was in amazing shape and was an excellent deal.