Cat eyes, Cadillacs and a modern Classic
J August 2023 Dear Friends, For the last five years I have been quietly looking for a special boat from the 1950’s. It’s called a...
Little legends, and from Russia with Love
May 2023 Dear friends, It’s been a while since I last wrote to you. Yes, we’ve continued with our restoration work, just smaller yachts....
The oldest known Mathis/Trumpy "Argo"is no more and swashbuckling dreams of a flatlander
May 2022 Dear Friends, Sailing has always been one of my passions. When I was a child, I watched every film that Errol Flynn was in,...
New life for a life car, getting Corsair III ready for her 100th birthday
Getting ready Corsair III, J.P. Morgan's launch for his larger yachts, for her 100th birthday. March 2022 Dear friends, I have been...
A second spring, mayflies and a Trumpy that was once in a Blue Moon
July 2021 Dear Friends, I usually try to keep my letter on an upbeat note, but not this time. I just got off the phone with Kuy of ...
Once in a "Blue Moon" opportunity
April 2021, Dear Friends, My lawn seems even bigger this spring. Mowing took a good chunk of the day and it was on a riding mower. I...
Finding a path through the past
"Pathfinder" in her glory after our last refit. February 2021 Dear Friends, It seems that I never run out of things to write about....
Messing about and wheel you help me?
Interior of the "Honey Fitz," the eighth U.S. Presidential Yacht. Dear Friends, Someone told me that they heard I had retired, and I had...
The ultimate man cave, my ideas of slowing down
October 2020 Dear friends, Good things take time or so I have been told. When I bought a small fisherman’s house in Beaufort, it just...
Riders of the storm
Hunting for hurricane holes and waiting for Isaias
