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I was on the trip of a lifetime, truly a dream come true. In the spring of 2022, my son asked me if he and I could do a long sailing...

Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries . What images come to mind when you here that piece of classical music? For many, no doubt, imagery of...

If you've followed my blog, my Instagram account @watermusiccharters, or my Facebook page , you know that love traveling the Bahamas by...

It was late January of 2024, I was in Marsh Harbour working my way back to Folly Beach. My wife and son were at home for work and...

It was back in the late nineties, before I started chartering. I was looking forward to my first summer off since 1981. In 1982, when I...

Yes there really is a Kalamazoo. And it produces some fine people, indeed. Having chartered sails on the Folly River for the past 26...

...Will Heyer. He was much more than that. I knew Will for only a month, but we became immediate friends. I was looking forward to...

In Folly Beach we have periods throughout the year when the waters are teeming with jellyfish. We get all kinds, but luckily our most...

I posted this story on my personal Facebook page in 2018 when former first lady, Barbara Bush, passed away. I thought I'd post a version...

It started January 2024. Unbeknownst to me. My addiction. To dominoes. The addiction manifested itself twelve months later in the Abacos,...

One thing I love about running charters is getting to know new people. How do you get to know someone? Asking questions is a shortcut to...

God bless Aunt Ruby Styron, my wife's aunt who passed away at 95 this past March 8. Born in Manning, SC, she married a shrimper (Milton)...

In my 26th year chartering in Folly Beach, I'm finally adding a blog to my website. I'm looking forward to sharing my thoughts and my...