Sea Stories

A Different Kind of Racing

By Chris Edmonson
Photos by Finn Golden

Part One: On a recent trip to PDX (Portland) I was invited to experience sailboat racing as it is done on the Columbia River. Oh what a difference!! Since it is the season of snow melt and this has been a banner year for that sort of thing there was about a 3 to 5 knot current blasting its way toward the ocean. It is not at flood stage or anything even close to that but it is a strong current of very chilled water. When I see the Columbia through my Arizona eyes I see all the water available in Arizona ...
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Gastronomic San Carlos

(We do not know exactly when this article was written, probably in the last year or two.  Therefore, some of the establishments mentioned may not exist or have moved their places of business or gotten better or worse.  Caveat:  Buyer be aware.  Editor)

By Chris Edmonson

On a recent trip to San Carlos Rex and I had the usual discussions every day about where we were going to eat for each meal.  Ever since I can recall this ritual involves surprises and wishful thinking but primarily it is about the ...
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The Adventures of Sarken

NOVEMBER 2005 – JANUARY 2006
By Len Molloy

Preface:
Larry and I met over 10 years ago, and have been co-workers, business partners and more importantly friends for the entire time.  Every challenge we ever faced together, we considered an adventure (like the time we both took up Ultralite flying, but that’s another story).  Every adversity we ever faced was always with humor and the November cruise was no exception.  I hope that I can recount the adventure in such a way ...
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Three Weeks before the Mast

By Terry Thure, Shellback

With tears welling in my eyes, I strolled down the dock toward my ship with my sea bag over my shoulder, just as sailors have done for hundreds of years.  Of course, mine were tears of excitement and anticipation, whereas most of theirs were of fear and regret.  I was joining the Europa, a 185-foot square-rigged bark as a passenger trainee for a sailing delivery from Las Palmas in the Grand Canary Islands to Salvador, Brazil.  The crossing would take three weeks in October 2005 and include a visit ...
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