View of Afterglow going through the Dodd Narrows on a rainy day After a breezy sail through the lovely, swirling Dodd Narrows, our sail...

The bridge south of La Connor on the Swinomish Channel After the Inter-Coastal Waterway (ICW) on the East Coast, we have seen our share...

Sunset near Cattle Pass, San Juan Island       Allen and I in Afterglow  are in the reciprocal slip at the end of Pier F at San Juan...

Norma hangs a fender as well approach Port Townsend Well, June 20th has finally arrived and we are underway leading a CYC club rally on...

New Bottom Paint and Wax Hello to all our subscribers, it has been a long time. This is just a short post to talk about the sailing...

The view of Mt. Rainier from Blake Island is stunning (when the mountain comes out) Our friends in the mid-east and New England will be...

On E Dock, a film crew prepares to film a sequence of a movie with Afterglow, a Bavaria 38 foot yacht at Elliott Bay Marina. On Monday,...

After departing Nanaimo, we had a short day motoring into light headwinds and went to Pirates Bay at the south end of De Courcey Island. ...

On May 28, Afterglow was unloaded from the MV Chipolbrock Star at the port of Nanaimo, BC, Canada. Skipper Allen and crew Adam Goldstein...

The last time we posted, we were still in the Exuma islands preparing to make the crossings to Nassau, then to Chubb Cay, Bimini and Fort...

As I sit here in the salon of Afterglow typing this, I am thoughtful about what a wonderful trip this has been, how much we have seen and...

We are back at Black Point after leaving Georgetown and two days of excellent sailing with an overnight at Rudder Cay, then to "The...

Between the relatively large Great Exuma Island and the long, narrow Elizabeth Island lies a sandy-bottomed stretch of water that...

In our excitement we had to share this photo that we just took. This is a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, 3 minutes after launch from Cape...

We are currently on a mooring ball at "Red Shanks" in the Moriah National Park in George Town, Bahamas, awaiting a big blow this evening...

This morning we departed Black Pointe, Guana Cay after 10 days. Soon after arriving, we found out about the upcoming 3rd Annual Seven...

Our boat Afterglow rocks, really rocks, not only from the wind and waves from passing wakes of dinghies and boats all around us, but from...

Two nurse sharks greeted us as we moored on the “horseshoe-shaped” lagoon at Warderick Wells Cay in the Exuma Park. Norma got so excited...

Shroud Cay turned out to be a fabulous time, thanks to a tip from Bob G, the diver of SV Infinity.  First of all, we got one of the last...

After a magnificent sail from Nassau, at times exceeding 7.5 knots, we arrived at Allan's Cay, our first stop in the Exuma Island Chain....