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The Straining of Miles, Part 2

We left Houghton in the early afternoon of August 3rd, the day after finishing the International.  The intention was to deliver through the evening and night to Munising, on Lake Superior’s south shore, then overnight again to Whitefish Point for a break, then continuing on to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, arriving Wednesday evening or Thursday […]

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The Straining of Miles, Part 1

I have just recently returned from something of a self-broadening event: roughly 800 nautical miles of traversing Lake Superior, first one way, then another, then yet one more.  It sounds lovely, sailing for two weeks with friends, but ‘lovely’ is not a word that I can honestly apply to this series of trips, of experiences.  […]

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Aloha, brah

Yes, Hawaii… I was skeptical, fearful of overdevelopment and cliches, but I clearly did not know a bloody thing about Maui!  I know a little more now, and I’ll share a bit soon enough, on a separate page devoted to it. Yes.  Devoted. In the meantime, I’ll tell you that Straight Jacket was painted while I was […]

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