We hear spring has arrived in Madison: 82 degrees, greening grass, and budding bushes. Here, we are melting. It is greater than 90 degrees F...

It is April 25, 2011. We are nearing the end of our fourth year living on the boat. Looking back, I reflect on this extraordinary sailing se...

Wild Hair is floating on anchor in 8 feet of crystal water off the remote Tobago Cays. We are just 13 degrees north of the equator. We have ...

One day we were stalked by “pirates.” St Vincent has a reputation among sailors as the island to miss. Violent crime and boat theft are comm...

We had a whirlwind tour of St Lucia today. Last night we anchored off a beach called Anse Cochon with hundreds of swimming tourists, a day c...

Anchored off St Pierre on the island of Martinique, this collection of native work boats assembled in the early morning hours for a race. Da...

We have successfully navigated to Trois Islet on the French island of Martinique and the hometown of Napoleon’s Josephine. Our harbor is so ...

Oh, have we been in a fun place: Le Saints--tiny French islands off the coast of Guadeloupe. This is an authentic tropical fishing village i...

It is 03:47 as I sail past the island nation of Nevis. I am alone in the cockpit. Without warning I am engulfed in the smell of a pig roast....

At present, we are tied to a mooring ball here in St Bart's in a French national marine park. We will not be visiting the shore as we...

From our anchorage under the “Witches Tit” (a hillside shapped like....you guessed it), we take the dinghy to shore for a visit to the Wedne...

Flamingo Beach on Culebra Island in the Spanish Virgins is rated (by someone) as the "Second Best Beach in the World" (for some re...

I have six holes in the roof of my house, but my favorite is the one over my bed. The hole is low, sitting just 30 inches above my mattress....

Off the coast of Culebra in the Spanish Virgin Islands, I slide from the dinghy into the dim, blue scenery. I am at a place divers call “The...

Slithering from known to unknown through the chop of Caribbean waters, I drop into the action of an underwater world. Friend or foe, I canno...

WILD HAIR is like a magnificent animal and it gives me immediate feedback when I ask it to perform. Stronger than the human frame, the boat ...

If the water would dry up and stop its runoff down the hills, if the rain would cease for just a day or two more, then the soup-green two-ac...

Nothing is the same after our two-week offshore journey from Jacksonville to St Thomas. Before, we rushed headlong into life’s pounding surf...