S/V Spindrift

Updates

  • Under the Floorboards

    A look at what keeps Spindrift moving when the wind doesn’t This one’s for my gear head friends out there. People follow along for the sunsets and the dolphins, and I get it. But some of you want to know what’s under the floorboards. So here it is. Spindrift’s main engine is a Yanmar 4JH…

  • The Hours Between

    Life at sea when the rest of the world is sleeping I’m writing this from the cockpit at anchor in Faro, Portugal, looking out over flat water, a sunset and a long sandy beach, reflecting on the voyage that brought us here. And the one still ahead. It’s quiet now, but the nights offshore are…

  • The Levante Trap: Patience Before the Strait

    Sailing from Lagos, Portugal into the Mediterranean We’ve made it to the southern coast of Portugal last fall. Lagos has been good to us. We put S/V Spindrift up on the hard, got some needed maintenance done, had great food, and experienced the kind of lazy Atlantic swell that makes you forget what’s coming next.…