Ravn: a 19-foot faering

Paul, Ravn's new owner, takes the oars. It was more than two years ago that my wife and I decided to buy a sailboat and go cruising....

Ravn on her second sail. I thought when I built Ravn she would be my last boat. That I would sail her until I could sail no longer. Sh...

Ravn's boom jaws and downhaul. Note the slipped, overhand knot on the keeper. For a while now I thought it would be helpful for oth...

Three generations of Ford men, my grandson, son and me. I filled the faering full of Fords and we sailed Budd Inlet the Saturday before ...

Pocket Yacht Palooza had an interesting mix of small boats on the beach, docks and plaza. Those Port Townsend folks really know how to p...

Trouble the Sailor Dog and I went for a sail yesterday on our local lake . The day was just too beautiful to resist. You'...

Devil's Lake looks deceptively placid. It's blowing like stink! After what seems like weeks of cold, rainy weather we got a lit...