Australia Day!
Well, it’s finally my weekend! We had a really full week on the Derwent River. On Wednesday, we took a group of about 50 ten year olds out for a two hour sail. We were really lucky with wind that...
View ArticleThe Beaufort Scale
The other day out on the water, my crew-mate Alex and I were standing bow-watch together. We were looking out at the waves, and Alex asked what wind force I guessed it was. “I think seventeen knots....
View ArticleLight airs, in photos
Windeward Bound has at least 13 sails that could potentially be flown, but most of the time we fly four or five at most. People ask when and why we would ever put up the rest, or why we don’t, and I...
View ArticleLive like the wind, in song
Live Like the Wind For those that don’t know, in addition to being a sailor, I’m also a musician. I arranged and recorded “Live like the wind” in 2010. The lyrics are from an obscure poem by a man...
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