We had a great day out on the waters of Lake Lewisville for our last on-the-water lesson with Hobie University. Hobie Fleet 23 sponsors an exceptional sailing course with Sam Baker sharing his invaluable experience and coaching. We even took Sam’s Hobie out for a great run and I’m already […]

Matt and I ventured out a little to check out a place to have dinner-with-a-lake-view along Lake Ray Hubbard. I’ll admit, the first place we stopped was a good try but despite our best efforts in Rockwall, Texas, we just couldn’t do it ;o). I was challenged to not give […]

We officially started sailing lessons today! Mariner Sails of Dallas offers a great, complimentary sailing course consisting of five sessions – three 2-hour evening lecture sessions held at Mariner Sails and two on-the-water sessions held out at Hobie Point on Lake Lewisville).

My parents treated us to a sunset sailing charter out of Galveston Bay today! Mom, Dad, my cutie brother Casey and his girlfriend, Meagan, Matt and I sailed out for an incredible cruise with beautiful sunset and bright orange full moon. Captain Jim earned his money’s worth with Matt’s sailing […]

Beautifully sunny (76°) in the Big D today. We managed through a few tense moments on our sailor’s second trek on White Rock Lake (let’s just say the sails were briefly in the water and the little craft had more water in the cockpit than we’d like – matched with […]

Matt successfully set sail today on White Rock Lake! Beautiful day of excitement, nerves, and tenacity.

If you haven’t already seen it, check out The Bucket List! While it’s always a treat to get wrapped up in Morgan Freeman’s emotiveness and Jack Nicholson’s witty ways, this movie has sparked a pop culture flame that is igniting people to create their own Bucket Lists. A few that […]

Matt bought his first sailboat today! While living aboard isn’t quite comfortable enough today, this is an ideal starter to get out on the water and learn the ropes. Congratulations on the start of this sailor’s adventure.