Followed by moments of sheer terror. Such is towing as described to me sometime in the past year or three - I can't place when or where I heard it or who said it, but I know I've heard it more than once and it's a pretty accurate assessment. When I was letting out wire … Continue reading Long stretches of boredom… →

We are in San Juan. Impossible to believe that I flew into this city four weeks ago to relieve the second mate on the Adventurer - it passed like nothing. That first week back saw me in a dark mood and an attitude of bitter reticence. I'd worked for five weeks and gotten fully six … Continue reading Progress →

We have arrived at the Delaware river and we are on our way up to Philadelphia. I'm trying to sleep, but I doubt sleep will happen before I get back up at midnight. Before we arrived at the sea buoy at noon today, our auxiliary generator caught fire. We put the second one on line … Continue reading At least there is cell phone service →