What a week. So much done, so much left undone (that seems to be a boating constant), and so much energy expended. Monday brings us to the end of the week of work on the boat and to, ironically, the work week. Back to reality? In a way. Two months left.  I will mostly let…

I’m not kidding. I’m also not complaining. The work is enjoyable, the accomplishments are satisfying, and the puzzles and challenges are exciting. Just don’t ask me to raise my arms above shoulder height or why there is primer on my face. It’s that kind of week is all. Yesterday I installed vents for my propane…

             Ave finally got hauled out yesterday, and after all the trials and tribulations of getting the boat blocked and level, we are now in working shape up in the yard.  She got a new bobstay—that chain that tensions the bowsprit down as the mast tries to pull it up and back—and…

Ave and I made the four hour trip down from Annapolis to the marina at Herrington Horbor North for a haul out. We are hoping to get a chunk of that ∞ to-do list out of the way, but of course one never knows what fun awaits in the boating world. Stay tuned.       …

I was looking through some old files earlier today and ran across this short video of a spring storm that rolled through my former home marina in Edgewater, Maryland, back in May of 2014. You can see the mast still down in its cradle, as it was until August of that year. I find it…

“Two years you’ve owned her? What have you done?” is a question I get a lot, and I understand it. Standing on the docks you will never be able to see the new wiring inside Ave, or the new coaxial cable inside the mast, or the new bilge pump, the VHF, the inside of the…

The summer winds of the mid-Atlantic held steady around 12 knots, rolling effortlessly in like a whisper out of the northwest and filling the beautiful New Zealand-made tanbark sails of my 1967 30 foot Rawson cutter Ave del Mar. We were on a broad reach, zigging across the South River just outside Annapolis, Maryland. With…

“How will I know where you are after you leave?” Good question. I hope this website will be a part of the answer. With http://www.avedelmar.com and http://www.facebook.com/sailing.ave I have two accessible platforms on which to update my life & sailing narrative. This page is organized like a blog, so the newest posts will always appear…