Letters from the Dock Rosemary is in Good Hands A note from Rosemary’s former owner captures something difficult to express: the long, uncertain process of learning a boat, and the quiet responsibility of becoming its custodian.
Letters from the Dock Featured Invitation to Alaska Join the Ice Frontiers for parts of the 2026 Alaska expedition — not as passengers, but as contributors to the project.
Letters from the Dock The Boat is Up. The Mast Down. On March 30th, Rosemary came out of the water at the Bay of Islands Marina. The hull was dirty, the rigging had to go, and the mast ended up below the keel. The world felt upside down — but then again, we are in New Zealand.
Letters from the Dock I Got a Boat. It Feels Like a Mistake Closing day on a used sailboat isn't what you'd expect. No boardroom, no keys, no instant gratification. Just a 50-page survey report, 108 items to address, a 60-day deadline to leave New Zealand.
Letters from the Dock How Big is The Pacific? A 6,000-nautical-mile voyage from New Zealand barely reaches Alaska — a distance that spans Two maps reveal the true scale of the Pacific.
Letters from the Dock An Immigrant Pursuit of Happiness A prompt from the New York Times made me ask myself: What does the pursuit of happiness really mean?
Letters from the Dock Stay With the Boat I went into my STCW Personal Survival Techniques course curious about the white box we call a life raft. I came out with good memories and something that felt surprisingly like wisdom.
Letters from the Dock Learning to Say Mayday To register my boat under the UK flag, I had to earn the right to press the red distress button on a marine VHF radio. Learning to say “Mayday” turned into a reflection on autonomy, communication systems, and the psychological difficulty of asking for help — whether in the air or at sea.
Letters from the Dock Viewing at the Dock A quiet first encounter at the dock becomes something larger: not excitement, not certainty, but the sudden awareness that once something becomes real, responsibility follows.
Letters from the Dock Two Days From Shore In Europe, you are almost never more than two days from land. When distance is translated into time, insurance limits stop looking abstract and start mapping directly onto lived risk—fatigue, darkness, and exposure at sea.
Letters from the Dock What is a Yacht Delivery? From time to time, boats need to be moved, not cruised. The undertaking is never trivial.
Letters from the Dock Meet Rosemary A custom aluminum expedition boat from the Joubert-Nivelt / Meta lineage, closely aligned with the Ice Frontiers mission.
Letters from the Dock Bluewater Sailing: When Insurance and Taxes Set the Course I expected the weather to set the course. I didn’t expect insurance and taxes to do it first.
Letters from the Dock Messy Boats, Messy Sales Is this an invitation to move in with the owner or an offer to buy their boat?
Letters from the Dock Nine Signs an Owner Is Not Ready to Sell Their Boat The boat of an emotionally unavailable owner is not for sale.
Letters from the Dock Breaking up with Monica A boat’s history determines its fitness for its next missions.
Letters from the Dock Making an Offer An emotionally loaded transaction that almost feels like proposing
