Published Work

A smorgasbord of science and nature, memoir, essays, poetry, sailing, and humor pieces.

1. Science, Nature & Justice

2. Memoir, Essays & Poetry

3. Satire & Humor

4. Sailing & Boating

  • “Restoration of Latifa, a 77-foot Fife Yawl” – Wooden Boat, December 2024. (journalism)
  • “Restoring ZEST –  a naval architect couldn’t get his first love out of his head” – Wooden Boat Magazine, September-October 2023 (journalism)
  • How to Speak Boat: Lessons for Tourists – Rainshadow Journal, June 25, 2023. (humor)
  • Those Lazy, Crazy, Shipwright Days of Winter – Port Townsend Sailing Association, reprint in Rainshadow Journal, February 25, 2023. (humor, journalism)
  • What Puget Sound Pilots Want You to Know – Rainshadow Journal, September 1, 2021; Reprints in 48 North Magazine, Sept 8, 2021, Post Alley, Sept 28, 2021, Selene Boat Owners, October 9, 2021, and in Off Center Harbor. (journalism)
  • The 2021 Shipwrights’ Regatta: Maximum Fun – Rainshadow Journal, March 4, 2021.
  • My First Race – (reprint from 48 North) Port Townsend Sailing Association for the Shipwright’s Regatta, February 2021.
  • A series of 6 articles on solo sailing in Good Old Boat magazine, September 2014 through May 2015: In Search of Solitude, Sept-Oct 2014; One Brain, Six Hands, Sept-Oct 2014; Departures and Arrivals, Nov-Dec 2014; Simplify Sail Changes Jan-Feb 2015; Anchoring When Solo, Part 1 March-April 2015; Anchoring When Solo, Part 2, May-June 2015
  • “Advice From Old Friends” – Cruising World, November 2012
  • “Head-Turning Horseshoe Buoy” – Good Old Boat, Sept-Oct 2012
  • “That Was No Puddle!” – 48 North, September 2012
  • “Mexico Wrap-Up” – Latitude 38, April 2012
  • “Rode Show!” – Good Old Boat, January 2012
  • “Unshrinking the Planet” – 48 North, December 2011
  • Slow Waltz with the Bay: Two southbound sailors find San Francisco Bay Area’s charms irresistible – Latitude 38, October 2011
  • “A Rough Corner Turned: Eight Days Down the Coast” – 48 North, September 2011
  • “You Talkin’ to ME? What We Call Ourselves Speaks Volumes” – 48 North, May 2011
  • “Brevity Begets Harmony: Code Words Let Mars Understand Venus” – Good Old Boat, November 2010
  • “What’s in a Boat Name?” – 48 North, November 2010
  • “When Sail Rules” – Good Old Boat, July 2010
  • “The Fog Knife and Other Wondrous Devices” – 48 North, November 2009
  • “What’s in YOUR Closet? Nautical Skeletons from a First Cruise” – 48 North, May 2009
  • “A Double-Ended Delight: A Singular Affair with a Pacific Seacraft 25” – Good Old Boat, March 2009
  • “Make-and-Mend Days” – Good Old Boat, July 2008
  • “My First Race” – 48 North, May 2008
  • “Sailing in the Ice Age” – Pacific Seacraft Owner’s Bulletin, 2008
  • “Face Your Fears and Go For It!” – Living Aboard, January 2007
  • “The Confession of Roatan Rose” – Cruising World, June 2006
  • “What’s in YOUR Closet? Nautical Skeletons from a First Cruise” – Latitudes and Attitudes, April 2006
  • “Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Summer Wind, Blue Ice)” – Good Old Boat, January 2006

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