Sailing for the future…

Looking to the past.

The adventures of a lifelong sailor, a 50 year old boat,
and endless stories….

Setting Sail, and Looking Back…

When I was a kid, my family took the adventure of a lifetime – selling our house, quitting jobs, and leaving the coast of Maine aboard our 1978 O’Day 32 “Legacy.”

Forty years later, I find myself thoroughly back on the water, and embarking on a grand adventure of this lifetime: Following in our wake as I set sail to Chase a Legacy.

Ship’s Log

Getting Selkie, and myself, ready for departing August of 2026 has been a lot of work, and a lot of adventure. Come along from the first delivery home, to the major quality of life improvements, triumphs and mistakes of the first three years aboard.

Winter 2022-2023: The first projects and putterings

the.sv.selkie@gmail.com March 5, 2026

To view all the photos from this phase of the journey, see: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VM7RR8HQiz846etu7 We only…

“Let’s go home…” October 2022 – Buying a new (used) sailboat and heading for home waters.

the.sv.selkie@gmail.com October 31, 2022

For complete photos of this phase of the journey, see: https://photos.app.goo.gl/fJm8L8FWR9KMbW7Q8 “I must go down…

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