About Us
We have a dream – one day we will retire from the rat race and sail around the world on a sailboat. We aren't ready for that yet, but these are the adventures of our first boat, the 26-foot sloop Picaroon, on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. We started this blog with two aims: to keep friends and family up to date on our progress; and as a resource for people who have a mind to do the same thing.
HB
HB is an over-achieving save-the-worlder; a liberal intellectual from the cultural wastelands of far-western Maryland, who has spent her illustrious professional life fighting a noble, but ultimately futile, battle against bad U.S. foreign policy.
HB has been sailing since she was a teenager, when she crewed her father’s 32-foot sloop, Incognito. Bill and HB’s step-monster, Stef, recently returned to shore-life after their long Mexican adventure aboard the 42-foot ketch, Summerwind, which remains our principal inspiration.
Pip
Pip came to these shores to establish a 1300 square-foot colony of Merrie Englande in the heart of the American capital. Since that was easily achieved with relatively little bloodshed and a small mortgage, he has been working hard to counterbalance HB’s drive and dynamism with his own distinctive style of dilettante idleness, as befits an English gentleman in a barbarian country.
Pip has sailed since he was a wee laddie in the Lake District of northern England. He honed his skills as one-man skipper and crew aboard the 14-foot Puffin, on the frigid waters of Windermere.
Pip and HB live in Washington, DC, and sail out of Edgewater, MD.
Thanks for visiting. Hope you enjoy the site. Don't forget to sign the Guestbook!
HBHB is an over-achieving save-the-worlder; a liberal intellectual from the cultural wastelands of far-western Maryland, who has spent her illustrious professional life fighting a noble, but ultimately futile, battle against bad U.S. foreign policy.
HB has been sailing since she was a teenager, when she crewed her father’s 32-foot sloop, Incognito. Bill and HB’s step-monster, Stef, recently returned to shore-life after their long Mexican adventure aboard the 42-foot ketch, Summerwind, which remains our principal inspiration.
Pip
Pip came to these shores to establish a 1300 square-foot colony of Merrie Englande in the heart of the American capital. Since that was easily achieved with relatively little bloodshed and a small mortgage, he has been working hard to counterbalance HB’s drive and dynamism with his own distinctive style of dilettante idleness, as befits an English gentleman in a barbarian country.
Pip has sailed since he was a wee laddie in the Lake District of northern England. He honed his skills as one-man skipper and crew aboard the 14-foot Puffin, on the frigid waters of Windermere.
Pip and HB live in Washington, DC, and sail out of Edgewater, MD.
Thanks for visiting. Hope you enjoy the site. Don't forget to sign the Guestbook!
Pip & HB