Category Archives: Captain’s Yarn

Cat Calls and Summer Squalls, Part IV

Posted on July 18, 2015 by

Cap’n Jack here… In the previous episode of Cat Calls Summer Squalls I was saying… …At night the cat calls kept us wake. I awoke at about 3:00 am on morning only to find Nicole fully awake and both of … Continue reading →

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How ’bout Some Pictures?

Posted on May 25, 2015 by

Cap’n Jack Here… Hey, I just got the bright idea to upload a bunch of photos. We are in Santa Rosalía, a small mining town located about half way up the Baja California peninsula.  We arrived after a few days … Continue reading →

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Looking Back

Posted on April 21, 2015 by

Cap’n Jack here… La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay It’s a good thing that our blog is about “the places we’ve been” because it gives us the opportunity to write post facto and make up for not … Continue reading →

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Cat Calls and Summer Squalls, Part III

Posted on November 7, 2014 by

Part III Cap’n Jack here… I last left you in Newport harbor where we spotted the Fontaine Pajot (FP) Mahe catamaran as we dinghied back to the Kitty Hawk. The story continues. We became friends with Mike Cote and his … Continue reading →

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Cat Calls and Summer Squalls (Part II)

Posted on October 21, 2014 by

Part II Cap’n Jack here… It was now spring 2013 and we were planning to cruise up to and spend the hurricane season in New England. We were looking forward to the cooler weather remembering the sweltering summers spent in … Continue reading →

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Cat Calls and Summer Squalls

Posted on September 27, 2014 by

Part I Captain Jack here… It’s been noted on our blog before or should I say Nicole, my wife wrote before, that our CSY 44 cutter rigged sloop Kitty Hawk, was the perfect size boat for a family of four. … Continue reading →

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Such is Why

Posted on April 5, 2014 by

Captain Jack here… Back in 2010, Nicole and I set sail from La Ceiba, Honduras headed for Panama.  We had been working on the Kitty Hawk since we got back to Honduras after our honeymoon with the idea of someday … Continue reading →

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The Duck Debacle

Posted on November 10, 2013 by

Captain Jack here… Some might say that there is nothing like the wee hours of the morning, moments when the day begins to dawn in a setting where nature envelops us like a cocoon and the changing light with its … Continue reading →

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Reminiscing

Posted on September 1, 2013 by

Captain Jack here… There is a magical moment when you put to sea on a sailboat. It is the moment when you have cleared the harbor and the reefs or the rocks, the sails are set for the next hundred … Continue reading →

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Where to run and when to hide…or is it when to run and where to hide?

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Life aboard ship is not always about those beauties in bikinis, turquoise waters and cocktails at sunset as the magazines would have you believe. My friend Doug characterizes this life by saying, “Yes, the highs are very high and the lows, VERY low!” Continue reading →

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