Greetings from sunny south Florida, where I’ve escaped for a week of warm weather and a spot of fun that might (or might not) be eventually justified as research. For the past twenty years, I’ve come to Miami for one or more of the many regattas that are hosted here during the winter months. This [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sailing’
Ebook Cover Design: Telling the Story
July 18th, 2011
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One of the many distinctions between ebooks and paper books is what you see first when you pick up the book again to start reading. With a paperback or hardcover, you see the cover, every time. With an ebook, you’re automatically sent to the page on which you ended your last reading session. Pushed back [...]
From Australia to Chicago and Miami to Rhode Island: A Week of Variety in Books and Boats
May 23rd, 2011
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I spent yesterday on the couch reading “Dreamlines, A Story of Australia” by Barbara Wood. Instantly transported to nineteenth century Melbourne, I basked in the dry heat while swatting at imaginary flies. It was the perfect accompaniment to a rather dreary Sunday, with an easy to follow story and character arcs. Last week I read [...]
She shoots, she Scores… GOAL!
April 20th, 2010
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In one week, I checked off two of my biggest goals for 2010.
Building a Team
September 22nd, 2009
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Which comes first, the team or the regatta? For this year’s Rolex, it was definitely the TEAM.
Slowing Down, Down East
August 30th, 2009
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Sometimes the only way to take a break is to head downeast. For me, Maine means getting on a boat with almost no internet or cell phone reception, plenty of food, and easy sails between harbors where the closest company is an osprey fishing for dinner. After more than fifty summers cruising in and around [...]
The Range of Sailing
June 8th, 2009
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When I formally retired from Olympic sailing (and most importantly, sold my two Ynglings), Paul and I took ownership of a 1938 Herreshoff Marlin. At just over twenty feet long, “Matsya” (Sanskrit for “God of the Fishes”) is big enough to take a few friends along but small enough for either of us to singlehand. [...]
The best question a fourth grader ever asked me
May 11th, 2009
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“Which do you like better, sailing or writing?” The kid was part of an eager group I spoke to at the Melrose School here in Jamestown. I tossed him an off the cuff answer: “I like sailing in the summer and writing in the winter,” which didn’t really satisfy either of us. And the answer [...]
