October 2003 By Dodge Morgan I have been reading “Intrepid Voyagers,” edited by Tom Lochhaas and published by International Marine McGraw-Hill this year. It is composed of 18 selections from the journals and logs of “the world’s most adventurous sailors,” an eclectic bunch from pioneers Bernard Moitessier and Francis ChichesterRead More

September 2003 By Dodge Morgan I believe I am the funniest son-of-a-bitch I know. At least I am when I am alone with myself. I am continually pulling off hilarious acts for my own pleasure. Of course it could be that my sense of humor simply has a hair triggerRead More

August 2003 By Dodge Morgan I see some really ugly boats, more of them these days than in the past, and I wonder if the reason is that my aesthetic sense has simply gone out of style. Style keeps changing and leaves some of us at least temporarily behind theRead More

July 2003 By Dodge Morgan The deep sea is the most pervasive wilderness of all existence on earth, wilder than a mountaintop or a backwoods river or a desert barren or an untouched timberland. The deep sea is intensely and uniquely wild by virtue of its expanse and by theRead More

June 2003 By Dodge Morgan I hear those stories that begin “I remember when I was” all the time. Often coming out of my own mouth. And then I scrub my memory a bit cleaner and can actually “remember when I was.” The purpose of these stories is to pointRead More

May 2003 By Dodge Morgan The Human Genome Project has really screwed up how we can account for our personal sailing characteristics. Who knows but it may have even screwed up how all of human behavior is viewed. We used to have a simple “nature or nurture” debate, but nowRead More

April 2003 By Dodge Morgan The advent of the annual boat shows seems especially incongruous this winter. It takes a stretch of imagination to covet a pair of handcrafted oars when the outside temperature in Portland is 17 degrees below zero. But because boat people are natural dreamers anyway, theRead More

Midwinter 2003 By Dodge Morgan There are aspects of a Maine winter experience that remind me of being at sea. One of them is the struggle I have with the meaning of time. In both cases the awareness of time is intensified, either because it drags or it flashes past.Read More

October, 2002 By Dodge Morgan I can sense that an evolution in recreational boating has occurred now that the failed revolution is behind us. The large majority of boaters now are back to knowing what they are doing afloat. The revolution was a yuppie trend that, like many yuppie lifestyleRead More

September, 2002 By Dodge Morgan If I were to run a sailing club in the style of those guys who have been running companies such as Enron, Tyco and Adelphia I would: Change the name to “World Dominance Yacht Club,” incorporate, and appoint a board of directors composed of beautifulRead More