driftless

My mom is a lifelong quilter. When I expressed interest in learning to sew for some projects on the sailboat she was quite pleased. She gifted me her first sewing machine, a 1949 Singer 221 "Featherweight". Contrary to it's name, this machine is solid metal and handles heavy fabric quite...

We bought our 1989 38-200 in August of 2019 and hauled out in late October without doing much boat work while on the water. We sail on Lake Michigan, so the boat comes out of the water every winter. We stored indoors for that first winter. In the spring of 2020 we decided not to launch because...

The winters are long in Wisconsin and I haven't bought an ice boat yet. So I've got to feed the habit somehow. Here are my favorite sailing films (some aren't really about sailing at all) in a super subjective and very loosely ranked order of my favorites on top. Please add yours in the...

My wife made a picture book of our first year of ownership. Here it is, presented in 2 acts. [ATTACH...