Category Archives: crystal thornburg

Finding Sea Rhythm… After rising to our great challenge, the sea rewarded us with smooth sailing through the afternoon until the wind dropped off entirely and we motored on into the calmest, starriest night I could ever remember in this … Continue reading →

A Higher Elevation We’d both hardly taken a breath upon setting the sails, when…POP!!!! The headsail let go at the mast head and tumbled down into the sea?!! What!? I scrambled to the bow, followed by Crystal, and we heaved … Continue reading →

Runnin’ the Tidal Rapids With a brief window of calm winds, Crystal and I readied Swell to move east among the atolls. With the news of Barry’s passing, I wanted to check out what was rumored to be a new … Continue reading →