From the category archives:

The Cruising (2nd) Life

Getting Out (part 1)

February 4, 2009

Note: This installment of Cruising comes without photography.  I was doing this cruise solo, and mostly on a semi-spur-of-the-moment, to clear my mind about some things, and only decided to write about it later.  But, as you shall see, it needs a return trip and I’ll remember my camera that time.  So the below is [...]

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Shore Leave

December 9, 2008

Has tragedy befallen the crew of the good ship Amaya?  Did a rogue wave overturn the happy little boat?  Did Elisha and Indigo get abducted by pirates, lawyers, or worse… politicians?  Will the Amaya continue on her merry way around the waters of Sansara? No, no, no/no/no, and probably. We’d set out from Mowry, fully [...]

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Wake Me…

March 18, 2008

We lifted anchor in the predawn darkness and raised the sails, turning Amaya around. It was chilly. I had fur at least. The sky was unusually bright, and the water sounded somehow muffled past the hull. Indigo was stretched out on the port bench, fiddling with her camera. “You know, I know it was only [...]

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Up The River (Mowry to Alviso)

February 10, 2008

“Is this Amaya?” she asked. I nodded, crossing my arms as I stood on the Scafell stone dock, watching the wavelets ripple against Amaya‘s green hull. For this trip, a sort of zig-zag around the inner seas of Sansara was the general idea (we had no idea exactly what places we would visit while there, [...]

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Baby Steps (or, Mowry to Benicia)

January 5, 2008

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu My idea, this time, wasn’t to sail a thousand miles (kilometers? maybe more accurate for our world). Nevertheless, working some time for a sail into my routine required quite a bit of schedule massaging. The end result was a cruise [...]

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The Road Leading Forth

December 21, 2007

It’s funny how things start. I have no idea how it was that I discovered how pervasive sailing in our world was. It’s not something very many furries seem to do, unless they follow military discipline, or are pirates (arr!). Contrary to what seems to be popular belief, it’s not because cats are afraid of [...]

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The Runcible Column

December 3, 2007

Thank you, Jane, for the warm welcome to these pages.  As well, thank you MTW for giving me the opportunity to present a column as well.  I only apologize for taking so long to come up with an idea for what I want to present (I’ve had authoring rights for some time now), and it [...]

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Cruising in Second Life

December 1, 2007

Although a great deal of discussion in these pages focuses on different aspects of sailboat racing, most sailors use their boats primarily for cruising and rarely race. They spend time at the helm navigating the extensive waterways that crisscross Second Life.  SL sailors have considerable interest in recreational cruising, and Elisha Paklena‘s discussion of Pleasure Cruising is one of the most [...]

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