Captain Tom


About Captain Tom

Over 10 years sailing and over 3500 miles under our keel. Was an engineer (EE) for over 30 years, then after moving into management, decided that the corporate world was no longer for me. Ran my wife's law office for 15 years and recently retired. Now we live aboard and sail the California coast, soon to leave for the Sea of Cortez.





As any boat owner will tell you, there are always things to do on a boat. Finish one project and start two more! Here is a list of projects that we are working on for the next few weeks. Clean engine room Replace main halyard Take down old mainsail and […]

Projects, Projects, Projects!



Okay, so we’ve had a few people contact us to ask us where we’ve been and why we have not made videos lately. In our last video just released, we had a bit of a problem while sailing out to the island. Namely, the steering completely failed. Anyway, you can […]

Where The Heck Have We Been??





It looks like hurricane Laura is about to slam into the Texas/Louisiana coast this evening. She’s a category four right now but is intensifying. Prayers to all that are sticking around and wishing the best to those that fled! This is from the NOAA site:“Laura has become a very powerful […]

Hurricane Laura and Galveston Live Webcam