We're sailboat shopping for our next adventure. Looking for something in the 39-42' range for returning to the West Indies.

We sailed halfway around the world in a Pearson 365. This time we'd like something that allows friends and family to have their own cabin.

I believe boats carry karma and we're looking for one that's been loved, to carry the love forward. That doesn't mean we'd reject a boat that needs work, as long as it's priced accordingly.

We recently sold our beloved trawler in Portland, Oregon to someone we know who will love her as much as we did (just as her prior owner chose us)—someone to take good care of her and go on grand adventures.

We're looking for someone who wants the same for their sailboat.

Cruising is one particularly spectacular way to view celestial rarities.

Nabbing a view over land has its own set of challenges. Adventures (like this) don't stop even when there's a hiatus in cruising.



And please tell me about your eclipse adventures! I would've loved to see it from the sea!

These were our go-to resources to better understand what cruising today is like, what to consider, worry about, budget for and plan where to go.

As boaters, we know menace goes well beyond "things that go bump in the night." In fact, during the daytime is oft when we're in the midst of things that catch us unawares. Like this....

One of the best aspects of cruising is the way it challenges our assumptions.

Here's how that happened to us in Port Angeles....

I expected we'd become boat owners again, but not this soon, or in this way....