Sailing Log – Page 11

Here is the gymbaled oil lamp in our cabin.

Summer of 2007

After completing the ASA certification courses, we spent the summer back aboard our Venture 21 practicing everything we had learned. It was a great summer, we had a lot of fun adventures.We day...

Learning to Sail: ASA Certifications

In spring of 2007, I was scheduled to speak at a conference in Houston. After spending some time online, I found the Bay Area Sailing School in nearby Kemah, Texas. We decided that my wife and I and...

Learning to Sail: My First Boat

My first real sailing instruction was as a Scoutmaster at Camp Steiner, which at 10,000 feet in the Rockies is the highest elevation scout camp in north America. My two oldest sons, then age 13 and...

Learning to Sail: The Early Years

It seems that there are 3 kinds of people in the world when it comes to sailing. There is a certain group, to which I belong, that has always wanted to learn to sail. The second group has no...