Posts Tagged ‘Storms’

2015 Hudson Bay Expedition – Prisoner of the Wind

Every time you step out the front door, you put yourself at the mercy of the elements. Traffic is snarled, flights are cancelled and you can rest assured that it’s going to rain on someone’s parade. Today seems to be my turn. For a small boat out on the water, there’s a special circle of […]


2015 Hudson Bay Expedition – Heading North

After days of utter calm, the wind returns like a jilted lover in a country song; howling with rage, waving a pistol and busting up the furniture. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. For three days I motored north and east, making a stately five knots over glassy seas. At times, it was practically […]


New South Wales, Australia

I walked into the pub and asked the bartender, “Is it always like this outside?” It must have been something in my eyes, or maybe the orange hair, face and clothes, but I diverted his attention from pouring beers long enough to peek out the front door. He called back into the bar, “C’mon and […]