The better part of valor
November 15, 2016
As anyone who has experienced a period of boatlessness will tell you, being without one doesn’t mean you think about “yours” any less. It’s a
As anyone who has experienced a period of boatlessness will tell you, being without one doesn’t mean you think about “yours” any less. It’s a
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Doing what you love for a living is a great blessing, but it also has its dangers. This thought surfaces every boat show season, but
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I flew to Providence, Rhode Island, last week, on my way to a meeting. It was a beautiful morning, and as we descended from cruising
What is it that makes a boat perfect? This time last year I was in the midst of surveys and final paperwork, keenly excited about
I can’t claim that Heck and Samba are naturally salty dogs. When I moved the three of us aboard a boat more than a decade
As you might imagine, the best part of my job involves looking at and thinking about boats. The frustrating part of my job is I
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It was kind of early for a swim, but later that day I’d be on a plane back to the loathsome winter of the Northeast.
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