With this website we hope to share our joy in living the cruising life and to provide information that could be useful to other cruisers.
To the left are some buttons that will take you to:
- A brief description of our background
- Details on our two boats, s/v Hawk & s/v Silk, and our top-rated gear
- Where we are now; where we are planning to go next and notes on some of our favorite places
- A schedule of Beth's slide shows & seminars and overview of her topics
- Copies of some of the most interesting articles we have written
- Details on and an opportunity to buy Beth's three books: The Voyager's Handbook, Blue Horizons, Following Seas.
- Useful links and FAQs
- A gallery of voyaging photos
Below are just a few photos, to entice you and to demonstrate the wide range of experiences the cruising life offers. We hope you enjoy your visit to our site.
Quick News
- Two new FAQ's 50 & 51
- Excellent essay 'The psychology of security", directly useful when considering safety equipment and procedures. (by www.schneier.com/ )
- The current position map is now working properly (and is faster to load), and Beth has done editing/added comments to almost every page.
- I have done some updating to our top-rated equipment page
- Poems by our two sisters on the bottom of the Hawk and Voyage Map pages
- Article by Scott Kuhner (two-time circumnavigator) on using twin poles for downwind cruising
Amalia Glacier
Sea Lion
Caleta Brecknock
Caleta Olla
Beagle Channel
Dawn in the Magellan
Breezy Day
Commerson's Dolphin
SEA FEVER
I MUST down to the seas again,
to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking
And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking.
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life.
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.