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Adventure

The Gates Of Hell

Cape Taineron is supposedly where Hades keeps the front door unlocked, and by the time we got there, I was inclined to believe it....
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The Beginning Of Understanding

The Stone Witch held a 180 course until the end of day. Alan pulled out the charts and was showing us where we were...
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Turn Left instead of right! Change Your Life!

I think that life gets the most interesting when you turn left instead of right. Okay, so you are now scratching your head wondering what...
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Letters from The Lost Soul

The perennial bestseller from the man behind Latitudes & Attitudes is now available in paperback! This is an exciting and hilarious account of Bob...
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Enjoy It While You Can

There is a sunset that sticks in my alleged mind that, to my memory, was the best sunset I have ever experienced. In the...
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Boaters

Taking Responsibility

Within the past few months there have been a bunch of sea-related stories on the news that have made me want to shrivel up...
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Fair Winds, Charles Tobias: 91 Years of An Adventure-Filled Life

Some people spend their lives talking about adventure. Charles S. Tobias lived it. All of it. Every damn day. Born April 23, 1934, Charles crossed the bar...
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Most Civilized?

We sailed into the anchorage at Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas just before sunset. It was the second island we'd visited since arriving in French...
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Boaters

We Gotta Be Nuts!

We gotta be nuts, ya know? Check it out...just what is it we all have in common? I mean besides smelly feet? Well? Ya know what it is? A...
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A Typical Day Cruising!

It comes to mind that I have not really covered a typical day on an island in paradise. As we drove around Raiatea it...
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Go Out & Have An Adventure!

Did you ever notice how people just love to see others mess up? If you doubt me, just check it out the next time...
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All Is Well With The World

If you own a boat, then you will understand the feeling that a boat owner gets every once in awhile that totally takes over...
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And We Are Off!

We were sailing on a broad reach, doing about eight knots with 12 knots of wind coming over our port stem. The seas were...
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Boat Products

Product Review: Wuloo Solar Wireless Alarm

Simple Security For Home, Boat, RV & more! We live way the hell out in the Sierra Nevadas. Remote enough that if someone knocks on...
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Bikers

Get A Harley Davidson Owned By Bob Bitchin!

2011 Harley Davidson Tri-Glide , 22,300 miles. After riding forever 60 years I thunk the time has come to admit I am gettin’ old!  As...
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Sittin’ In The Dock Of The Bay

Have you ever noticed how many really great boats sit in their slips every weekend, week after week, month after month and year after...
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I Hate Boats!

"I hate boats!" I shouted, at no one in particular. But since Jody was the only other person aboard the Lost Soul when I said...
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‘Nuther Hair-Brained Scheme From Bitchin?

Flotilla Charter in Tahiti?? In the couple years since selling Lats&Atts Jody & I kinda missed traveling... Today, as I was stroking Katie kitty (my...
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Adventure

Try THAT With A Chip!

The changes in sailing and navigation are pretty hard to keep up with.  I know that I get pretty confused, and I go to all...
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A Typical Day At Sea!

It comes to mind that I have not really covered a typical day on an island in paradise. As we drove around Raiatea it...
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Chew It

When you set out on a cruise, it's a lot like any journey.  It begins with the first step, or in this case, the first...
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Ah! Civilization

The first night in Marina Vallarta, Pierre, Sylviane, Jody and I had to celebrate our arrival in Puerto Vallarta, so it was off to...
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Back In The Pacific

We anchored at the first island we could find to spend the night. In the morning we started making tracks northwestward, around Punta Mala...
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‘Sailing’ From Japan to Vancouver By Way Of Alaska!

Being underway was just like being at the docks! I gotta tell ya, as we got underway there was no motion on the boat....
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…And There You Are!

Land was only four or five miles in front of me.  It had to be. That I couldn’t see anything out there didn’t alter...
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Sometimes Ya Gotta Do Something Nuts!

Sometimes ya just gotta do something nuts. At least I find that I do. The day-to-day grind starts to get to me, and for...
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“Sailing” From Japan to Vancouver By Way Of Alaska!

So Jody & I were watching the boob-tube up at the Bitchin Ranch when we got a call from our friends Jeff & Debbie...
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Fear is A Good thing

I can vividly recall the first time I decided to cross “the channel” and sail, single-handed, the 23 miles from my home port of...
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Boaters

My Introduction to Sailing 101

I became a sailor more out of spite than anything else. You see, “back in the day,” being a sailor was about the last thing in...
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Heaven Or Hell?!

We were finishing a 500-mile crossing that had been one for the books: four days and three nights of a 15-knot wind off our...
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We Are The 1%

What is it that drives normal people to do abnormal things? This question popped into my alleged mind while spending a weekend up in the...
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Boaters

Changes in Charter Fees In The British Virgin Islands

I wanted to share something that’s been causing quite a stir in the boat charter world lately. The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is considering...
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Marquesas Adventure

After 18 days and 2,700 miles we make it to the Marquesas. We arrive in Nuku Hiva at dawn. I took John along with...
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The Old Man And His Blanket

So the other day Jody & I were landlocked in a traffic jam that could only be found in Los Angeles. Bumper to bumper...
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Let There Be Light!

About a year before our arrival this island had been hit hard by a hurricane. The highest point of land on the atoll is...
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Cruising The Virgin Islands

There is something about the Virgin Islands that make every sailor feel as if he’s been set free. The fact that the sailing is always...
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We’ve All Screwed Up, Right?!?

It's hard for me to think of a single voyage where I did not make at least one mistake. This came to me the other...
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Slay The Dragon!

Life didn’t get much better. We were about three hundred miles from entering the Mediterranean Sea. As this would be the first time I...
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Boat Gear

Edson SUP & Board Rack

When we sailed the world on Lost Soul we always had a kayak and paddle board aboard. Ya gotta have some fun while you're...
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The Day That Changed My Life

I was standing on the deck of the Stone Witch, a 70-foot square-rigged topsail schooner out of San Francisco. We were headed south to Central...
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Bahamas Dream Adventure

This is about a charter voyage we did about 10 years ago, but I think it's still pretty relevant! Lemme know if you agree? We...
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East Coast A Go-Go

So Jody & I were missing our annual trip to the East Coast. For the last 30 years we'd driven from Cali to the...
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To Go Or Not To Go?

To go or not to go, that is the question.  Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of living...
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Boaters

Fantasy Island Nightmare

After passing through the Panama Canal we waited for our friend Neill McNeil to join us in Colon, Panama. Colon is the worst place...
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Bikers

Feather Falls Casino Bike Show (9 Photos)

Last week there was a small bike show at Feather Falls Casino in Oroville, California. Jody & I went out for a ride and...
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Cruising Croatia! Here’s what we found!

The cast of suspects started to gather in the ancient Croation town of Trogir.  Located in the central area of Croatia, Trogir is a town...
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The Day That Changed My Life!

I was standing on the deck of the Stone Witch, a 70-foot square-rigged topsail schooner out of San Francisco. We were headed south to...
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Boaters

Take The Good With The Bad!

So, the other night we were at a marina bash, and as it usually turns out, all the guys are hanging around discussing important...
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Boaters

The History Of The Seven Seas Cruising Association

When Jody & I sailed the world one of the first things we did was to join the SSCA. The Seven Seas Cruising Association....
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Who The Heck Are The Nuts At Pyrate Radio?

If you’re old enough, you may recall the revolt against the evils of “Rock & Roll.” Movies like Footloose (1964) & Don’t Knock The Rock (1956) and Juke Box Rhythm (1959)...
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All Cruisers Are Created Equal

It was an impromptu beach party in Antiqua. Eighteen cruisers from around the world had gathered to greet the New Year at a beach bistro. There...
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Boaters

The El Cid Marina and Resort…The Safest Marina This Side of Mexico!

Mention my name! For over 20 years Jody & I have stayed at the El Cid Marina & Resort. The marina there is one of...
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Once around The USA in the 70’s

So this should be fun! Ya see, what I am going to try and do here is re-live an "Around the USA Harley Tour"...
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You Can’t Plan A Keeper

Jody and I were sailing downwind through Sir Francis Drake Channel with our friends Tom and Sharon on Distant Star, their Hylas 54. It...
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Boaters

Doris & Steve Colgate – A Lifetime of Sailing

Introduction by Beth Oliver “Sailing changed my life,” is the most often heard statement in the Offshore Sailing School display each year at the US...
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Reviews

Feeling Nautical? Aumaris Jewelry Will Float Your Boat

Hector at Aumaris makes some of the best nautical jewelry there is! Yeah, okay, so I am a little prejudiced, as I actually helped develop...
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Hawaii Hit or Miss

I spent the first few years living aboard based out of The Portofino Marina in Redondo Beach, California. And, about every other year, I...
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Dismasted – After 35 Years!

So here I am after over 4 decades sailing, and I just had my first dismasting.  What fun! Last night, (Sunday, February 4th 2024) Northern...
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Boaters

Cruising The Coast of Maine

It all started with a phone call from our friends Tom & Sharon Brownell who were in Belfast, Maine, asking if we wanted to...
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Boaters

Cruising The Abacos In The Bahamas 

In 1999 Jody & I had our very first Flotilla Sail event. Little did we know that we would be starting a “Thing.”  Flotilla...
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The Adventure Begins…

We were about 50 miles out of Palmyra Island, on the 900+ mile voyage to Hawaii.  There was Jody & I, and two young...
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Bikers

Bad Craziness in Europe  

“This is your captain speaking. We will be touching down at Frankfurt-Main in two minutes. Please extinguish all cigarettes and put your seat in...
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Get Out There!

  I don't know why it is, but there are a lotta folks out there who say they want to take off on a major...
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