SAILING GLACIER GEM
 

Saturday came and we didn't sail... 😳 The weather turned on us, and we are waiting for our weather window to sail on out of here, so in...

We are getting ready to set sail this Saturday, weather permitting! So for the past couple days and the next couple, we are running...

Good thing we will be taking the Tenn-Tombigbee! https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/lower-mississippi-closed-in-two-places-due-to...

Today we posted a video showing the last shakedown cruise before the circumnavigation begins. We sailed 50nm and tested our newly rebuilt...

One of the projects for today was making a spare taffrail log rotator...aka fish. The old one is brass, the new one is aluminum....

All I can say, drink and boat/drive RESPONSIBLY! We had an absolutely gorgeous day sailing yesterday, left before the sun came up,...

Started our provisioning process for our upcoming circumnavigation . Mind you, these are just SOME of the items we are taking with us.......

We’ve been busy behind the scenes the past several weeks. Between me going to work, moving stuff onto the boat from the house when I get...

Just a day sail, on a mostly calm day, with our friend Steve, who helped us with some of the interior work. As a thank you! A wonderfully...

Never be too old to practice! Or give up… What a beautiful sunset we had anchored out on the river last night…. It was the calm before...

The shakedown cruise was successful. We covered more than 275 miles…not bad for the first shakedown cruise and sail test. There were no...

No GPS on this leg! 👍🏻

Note, nobody at the helm 👏🏻👍🏻🥰 She’s in tune with the wind! Priceless

As we are enjoying our first shake down sail, it’s been a 250 mile trip so far, 6 days, with stormy winds, grumpy waters and rain, we...

Check it out!!!! https://youtu.be/Rp9tCBP9Ucw

No need to say more

We rigged all our sails, went food shopping, stored everything securely, checked the weather and found a weather window to head out on...

The past couple days Nick has been rigging the sails. A loooot of work is involved in putting the battens in the sail pocket, attaching...

Now that we are in the water, we plan to do the following things: Make a launch video. We will have it out soon. Rig the sails. Sail the...

WOW! What a day yesterday! The Gem successfully was hoisted and launched after 4 years being worked on. Such an emotional day, not sure...