Sailing Alaska And Life Part 8. "The Pull Is In The Push"

Sailing Alaska and Life Part 8 “The pull is found in the push” What is the fire inside us? Not the fire of life itself or the creation thereof. But the drive. The pump in our chest that fills our ribcage with will and zest…. What design are we born to, that carries our drive? […]

Empirical knowledge is for sharing

Below is a link to another blog, belonging to my friends Bixler and Kristen. They are fellow sailors and had some repairs to make on their vessel. All the hard work of learning to TIG weld stainless steel aboard Empiricus paid off. We had fun working together on their boat this fall. That is one […]

Captain Osborn’s Winter Class Schedule

Custom winter classes by Captain Osborn. This winter, Captain Osborn is offering a short series of classes for the Alaskan Boater/Outdoorsman. “Practical Navigation” Will be an 8-hour class, taught in 2, 4 hour sessions. Topics will include Charting, Finding your position without electronics and Integrating traditional and modern methods. Cost is $125.00 per person. […]

"Don’t tie allot, learn a knot" Saling Alaska and Life Part 7 by Captain Jesse Osborn

There is a saying that goes “If you don’t know a knot, tie allot” Noting could be further than the truth. Knots must be learned if we wish to silence the clattering, tangles in our rigging. Mend our parted sheets and make our anchors fast. When wind overcomes gravity and gravity overcomes grip, a knot […]

Sailing Alaska and Life Part 6 “Flying all the canvass” By Captain Jesse Osborn

There are few things more satisfying to a sailor than flying all the canvass. Every stitch of sail, drawing and pulling your craft. Your own private cloud tacked to your deck like a giant cluster of balloons that magically draw you along your chosen path. Each scrap of cloth held in status. They tug at […]

Sailing, Alaska And Life part 5. “Chasing a dream” By Captain Jesse Osborn

What brings food its flavor? What takes life from blah to bliss? Exactly what is it that puts the twinkle in the old mans eye? Take 2 kids any age above 10. Hand one a 20-dollar bill, asking nothing of him. Hand the other a shovel and tell him if he digs a big hole […]

Sailing Alaska And Life Part 4 By Captain Jesse Osborn. “Beauty of the deep.”

Stress is relative to prior experience. As is Joy. As is Love, as is Passion, as is fear as is pleasure. As is beauty. Beauty… How to describe, how to paint that…. I see it. Its painted in my head. It plays like a dance with the prom queen for me. But I didn’t find […]

SAIL REPAIR CLASS

SAIL REPAIR CLASS STARTING THIS MONDAY! Captain Osborn is teaching a sail repair class at AVTEC Maritime Center in Seward Alaska. The dates are Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, October 15, 16 and 17. From 5 PM to 9 PM. The cost is $150.00 for all 3 nights. There is a 6 person maximum for this […]

Sailing Alaska And Life Part 3 "GUEST AND CREW" By Captain Jesse Osborn

GUEST AND CREW By Captain Jesse Osborn I once chose my friends from a crowd of strangers…. A fellow student who sat nearby, or laughed at the same jokes, or rode the same bus. A kid whose parents knew mine or lived down the street. We grew up with those kids or others […]

Delivering a dream. A sail I’ll never forget. By Capt. Jesse Osborn

The delivery of the Alaskan Rover June 2010. A Sea story. By Captain Jesse Osborn. On the 6th of June 2010 I stepped aboard the deck of a beautiful steel schooner Aptly named the Alaskan Rover. 57 feet overall, gaff rigged and laden […]

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