SAILING ISLAND ZEPHYR

Tag: travel

  • Mid-summer sailing classes and Michigan sailing

    While our boat has been in the boatyard in Oxford, MD this summer, I’ve still managed to get in some sailing. In late June, I taught the beginner sailing class at Lake Manawa. The Lake Manawa Sailing School is a big team effort organized by the sailing school coordinator (Ali)…

  • Up the Bay to Campbells Boatyard in Oxford, MD

    As I mentioned in the last post, we had one more major project to tackle on our refit: replacing the chainplates. The chainplates are where the standing rigging (cables that hold up the mast) attach to the boat. On any boat, there is a lifespan for chainplates. We would probably…

  • Zephyr sails again!

    After a year and a half of boat projects, we finally took Zephyr out for a shakedown cruise! We were a bit nervous since we have tackled so many projects since the last time we took Zephyr out. The refit has included some very challenging times, where I wasn’t sure…

  • Bahamas to Chesapeake – May 2024

    Corrie and I joined our friend Jesse Broome to help him bring his Island Packet 38 (called Contented Turtle) back north from the Bahamas. I helped him bring the boat south to Bahamas last November. Jesse’s friend Paul also joined us for the passage. They spent some time together around…

  • Delivery trip from Dominican Republic

    Instead of a charter trip, or a trip on the Island Packet we just purchased, this is a delivery trip that I crewed on.  I had mentioned to Captain Jeremy (whom we hired for the last trip to help us move our Island Packet south) that I was looking to…