Bob Bitchin: Hanging with Evel Knievel
In the final segment in the Capt. Bob Bitchin series, Bob tells how he met and started working for the infamous biker and daredevil...and made it into Rolling Stone magazine.
Sailing to Cuba
We went sailing to Cuba from Key West, via Dry Tortugas National Park. Bradford recorded the adventure for his podcast, The Multimedia Ninja.
Bottom Job, New Max-Prop and Splash!
Back in the water! The Max-Prop Easy install went...pretty easily. (Is that Max-Prop, Max Prop, or MaxProp? It took me a minute.)
What’s wrong with my head?
This is NOT a tutorial on how to work on a marine sanitation device (a.k.a. "head"), but it DOES show that it's not rocket science, and gives a quick view of how such repairs go down. And if I can do it, you can do it. (Just don't sink the boat.)
Feb 24, 2019 – Marathon into Florida Bay
This day (Feb 24) in 2019, I headed out from Marathon Marina north toward Marco Island.
Christening Jacie Sails
It's always a special moment for a boat owner. Here is the christening of Jacie Sails. We named her after our pup Jacie, who sadly never got to go sailing. (It took me so long to...
Episode 9: Eastbound! (Audio *and* Video!)
Check it out...the official launch of the "real stuff" on the How Not To Sail YouTube channel! (You don't have to subscribe, but hey, it's free...and you'll make a sailor happy!) I'd love to hear...
The Day in 60 Seconds: Dry Tortugas National Park
On January 3, 2015, "The Admiral" and I enjoyed the day on Garden Key and Bush Key in Dry Tortugas National Park. (This from the goodness of Apple "On This Day" iOS feature.)
Nice Breeze on Lake Lanier
This would have been very not fun in the Gulf of Mexico, but it was big fun on Lake Lanier. This is me sailing Jacie Sails (then still named Bond's Voyage) solo. Poor Daisy (R.I.P.) was...
