We decided to go racing. There were some delays and we got tired sailing waiting for the start. Once underway we held up our end of coming in last. Cakewalk ...

We had good intentions of going sailing on our Catalina 42. With only 6-7 kts of wind laziness set in and decided to motor around and drift. Had some pickled ...

We repaired the big rip in our mainsail. It was a joint effort as Steve did the stitching and Karen provided juice via the foot pedal. We finished the last ...

A huge thank you to our subscribers. This time on Sailing Intermission we had the good fortune of warmer weather, great winds and the opportunity to meet a ...

We did some sanding, tried to make the sump pump work, and installed a boom preventer. There was also a problem at our house. Artic temperatures caused us to ...

This time on Sailing Intermission we came up against big winds. Reminisced about previous boats: Ericson 27, Catalina 30 and Catalina 38. We also did a big ...

This time we washed the cockpit, danced, changed the oil, and tried to figure out how or why boats are abandoned. Drank wine, looked at some stars and the Wolf ...

Lewmar Ocean 40 ST two speed winches need to be serviced annually. With cold, foggy weather and little to no wind what else do you do but DIY projects. We ...

New Season of Winded Voyage. Welcome to Season 5! It begins New Year's Eve in Mindelo Cape Verde, Africa. And even though there is a pandemic, so no outdoor ...

How do you get rid of butterflies in your stomach? Stop eating caterpillars. This time we added international flags to our cargo. Of course, new flags meant ...

Lots of bird action this time. Plenty of wind and we did some incredible leaning. Our DIY project was building a handrail on our dock steps for convenient in ...

Steve got roped into giving Karen a pedicure. With the weather being so cold and rainy we stayed inside our Catalina 42 getting ready for a New Year's Eve ...

This week Steve became a hair stylist and trimmed Karen’s hair. Karen did some more exercising. We tried some sailing in very low winds. A holiday greeting. ...

Let’s hang out…where is the wind? Went out, waited for enough air to raise the sails on our Catalina 42. Wind never happened so we just hung out for a while. ...

We went sailing. Did lots of tacks with some grinding. Drank wine and danced. Changed the oil in our Kanzaki transmission. Had to pump it out due to the drain ...

Took the boat out and raised only the jib for a leisurely sail. Karen set a goal of becoming natural sailor. We did a few tacks. Refueled ourselves with some ...

This time on Sailing Intermission since the other fishing pole is in Davy Jones’ locker, Steve used his new fishing pole and caught our biggest fish yet. ...

This week we exercised and repaired our Jib. The UV cover stitching had come lose. We pulled it down and managed to fit it into the salon. This is when we ...

This time we raced again. The wind was a little better than before. We actually came in 12th… we won’t say how many boats were in the race. Had some difficulty ...

Returning from Galveston, we celebrated Halloween on our Catalina 42 with some catlike reflex costume changes. It was a special Halloween in that it was a full ...

We went to Galveston and Kemah to look at other marinas. Saw some sailboats. Walked and danced on the beach, chased a few birds and enjoyed some of Galveston’s ...

Good winds, some 3 to 4 foot waves, flew just the jib, we could have raised the main, but we were lazy in 20 knot air. The weather was a little cooler yet ...

2:52 Race is called 4:16 Dancing 4:53 Sailing 10:12 Compass take apart 11:06 Dancing again Our first race on Cakewalk didn’t end up as anticipated. The winds ...

2:38 Karen at the helm and dirty sails 5:22 The island 6:51 Drone shots We sailed to the deserted islands, our dinghy actually held air. Motored it to the ...