How it is, or was, or could have been--a video essay illustrated by clips from 2017 and 2021.

We looked forward to summer and this is what we got. But summer isn't one season, it's the memory of all of them and the hope for more.

https://youtu.be/wOblNE9kWnk

Notes on the value and pleasure of occasionally setting sail alone.

We're in this together--we just didn't know how few together was.

Winter's the season of work, and it works us, too. Subtitles have been corrected.

This is a new upload correcting the former stereo imbalance issue. Apologies for lost comments. Previous book recommendation videos: "Rarotonga," new novel ...

Sometimes small is big. This is an Eastport pram, built from a kit by Chesapeake Light Craft. It sails well and is very light but its capacity limits ...

Audiobook, print and eBook now available at Amazon. Eleven-minute excerpt from Chapter Nine, "Storm." Eccentric millionaire Robert "Bobby" Ayers, fleeing ...

Paperback, Kindle and Audible audiobook now at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YVH915X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

In this episode Alex rehearses raising the mainsail and revisits the challenge of "prop walk, and practices tacking with emphasis on coordination between helm ...

Publication date Oct. 10, 2019, from East Wind Press. Audiobook and eBook, Dec. 1.

The Ericson 38-200 offers a lot of nice comfortable features in a racer-cruiser built in the 80's. We're familiar with this particular boat because it's ...

In this episode Alex encounters maneuvering under diesel power, deployment of a roller furling genoa jib, and crew work when tacking. Thelonious II, the boat, ...

An Ericson 381 sloop in Santa Monica Bay, 10 knots, one Kona beer, moderate jet lag.

Ten books that make good gifts for sailors. Turn on Closed Captions--click on lower YouTube screen--for title information. Apologies for the audio quality.

https://youtu.be/wOblNE9kWnk

Excerpt from "Philosophy of Sailing: Offshore in Search of the Universe" by Christian Williams. Available at Audible and Amazon. "Between the Devil and the ...

"Philosophy of Sailing: Offshore in Search of the Universe" by Christian Williams. East Wind Press, 2018. 272 pages. ...

"Philosophy of Sailing: Offshore in Search of the Universe," by Christian Williams. East Wind Press, 2018. 280 pages with 40 illustrations, Preparation Guide, ...

The Raymarine EV-100 wheel pilot: quantifying its quirks and qualifications. Turn on (Closed Captions) for details. Regarding "auto tack": Why would anybody ...

Thinking through the consequences of a skipper falling overboard.

In "Slow TV," nothing happens. Absolutely nothing at all. No story, no music, no reason. Here's 18 minutes of it. G'night, all. New from East Wind Press: ...