It’s easy to get excited about things; to focus on what’s next; to think in terms of destination. This focus can be helpful. It’s defining. It can be taken too far. In my previous...
The Logbook of Mario Vittone
It’s easy to get excited about things; to focus on what’s next; to think in terms of destination. This focus can be helpful. It’s defining. It can be taken too far. In my previous...
June 10th, 2025 Sam Devlin is a steely-eyed diesel man. Two days into a month’s long trip into the arctic, 20 miles offshore, is not when you want to see black smoke pouring from the exhaust...
Mario’s Log – 10 July, 2025 – Southern end of Nova Scotia: The ships clock, complete with dead battery. This morning, something happened that has never occurred, even once, in my...
(Dan Malarkey at the helm of Sarah-Sarah Sarah-Sarah and her crew left Fore Points Marina, Portland, ME, and headed out to sea on a two-day passage to Nova Scotia. The weather was overcast in the...
Before I was lucky enough to get a spot on this crew, I didn’t know much about the Northwest Passage and even less about the Canadian Arctic. I suppose I knew the passage was a thing shrouded in...
I can grab and go with the best of them. A last minute weekend? I can be ready in five minutes. But in the two months I’ve been preparing for this trip, I’ve asked myself questions...
I’ve got a new rule; never turn down a good time. Early in discussions with Scott, he offered up a chance to spend time aboard Sarah-Sarah on a run from St. Thomas USVI to Marathon Key, a 1,050...
How to handle the two (very different) man overboard situations There is nothing more dangerous in boating than an unexpected trip over the side. Medical problems may be the most common at-sea...
Sitting in the chief’s office of Coast Guard Station Fairport Harbor in Mentor, Ohio, I’m reading the legal release that I have to sign if I want to be part of this project. I’m reminded again that...
I’m going to come right out and tell you something that almost no one in the maritime industry understands. That includes mariners, executives, managers, insurers, dock workers, for certain –...