Why Go Sailing? My wife and I love to get out on Black Pearl just to get away from it all. We get out there and just enjoy the peace and quite. We listen to the boat sliding through the water and that bow wave rolling off the hull. We can just feel the stress …
I was fortunate this year to be able to race a beautiful 2004 Alubat Cigale 14. Ariane is 46′ long and very sleek. Her brushed aluminum hull shines and sparkles. I had a five person crew helping including a couple of local racing veterans, my dad, my wife and even my cousin contributed one day! …
Ariane Delivery My go to crew — my dad — and I, flew to Rhode Island to meet Ariane, a 46’ Alubat Cigale, to bring her to St Augustine, FL to be sold. We arrived and boarded her Monday after picking up provisions and other odds and ends needed for the trip south. We pulled …
I raced on Actaea for the Lipton Cup in New Smyrna April 18. We did very well in this race. The wind was light and this boat moves well with light air. Our starts were not the greatest but we were able to make up time along the course and placed second overall with a …
I raced on Skip Harwell’s boat Actaea last Sunday. She is a 1953 Concordia built in Germany. She has a long history of race winning and is a beautiful boat. I would not like to have to do all of the maintenance that he has to do to keep her looking like she does. However, …
I was just thinking back to some of my experiences sailing around the world and thought I would share some of them here. Just a quick back ground on me…….most of these events happened while I was sailing around the world on my family’s 43′ Hans Christian “Delilah”. We took 6 years and visited 47 …
