Shortly after getting my license, Aubrey arrived. We were fully provisioned and eager to shove off for the Bahamas. The suggested procedure for a sailboat crossing the Gulf Steam, heading for Nassau, is to go at night, setting a course…

Now I am going to diverge and tell you about an alarm clock I bought at Walmart. And no, I don’t work at Walmart, nor do I own any of their stock. It’s just that we buy all our groceries…