Posts by skipper

Here's the last boat in the Provo Marina. Looks like this one is stuck until spring.I pulled my boat out Thanksgiving weekend, it was a cold, cold day with a little ice starting to form around the...

When we bought our Catalina 25 in spring, my father in law bought our Venture 21. He had always wanted to try sailing, and was eager to give it a shot. He put the boat in up at the Great Salt Lake,...

Tonight I took my daughter, #3, out sailing. I hadn't sailed in the past few weeks because of an unseasonably early snow, a trip out of town, and ridiculously cold weather recently.I always look...

I don't enjoy being away from my family for business trips, but luckily I do not have to travel often. I spent 4 days this week in Chicago for a business conference. My hotel (Hyatt Regency) was...

I was out sailing earlier this summer under a full moon and 10 knot winds. Beautiful night for sailing. I sailed from the Provo Harbor about 7 miles to the southwest, just sailing "wherever the wind...

I saw the saddest thing this August. We were on a canoeing vacation on Idaho's Warm Lake, and I saw an immaculately maintained West Wight Potter on a trailer. I couldn't understand why she wasn't...