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The Elusive Dinghy

The Elusive Dinghy

Living aboard a sailboat was probably one of the greatest periods of my life. It meant that I always had a lot of company and always tried to take 4 or 5 day weekends to take them sailing. This particular trip I had my Mom and one of her friends visiting for the Thanksgiving after […]

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Mom, Dad, The Baths on Virgin Gorda, Meatloaf and a Glass of Chianti

Mom, Dad, The Baths on Virgin Gorda, Meatloaf and a Glass of Chianti

When you live on a tropical Caribbean island, you tend to get a lot of visitors. My Mom and Dad were always amongst my favorites. My Dad had a tendency to get a bit queasy, so we always coordinated their visits with very close island friends, Jerry and Lisa, making a trip home to New […]

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Sausage and Chestnut Stuffing

The Thanksgiving Cruise from Hell

Way back in the early 1990’s, we decided to take the long Thanksgiving weekend and sail over to the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico with some friends and of course, Kali, the tortoiseshell cat that you heard about in some earlier Hurricane Hugo blogs. The plan was to take the approximate ½ day sail over, […]

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