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I've spent far too much time around boats and trucks, sailing, working on engines and generally not behaving according to expectations. I live in northeast New Jersey with my husband, three dogs and assorted cats. Growing up aboard boats, I've sailed the region's waters single-handed since childhood, and done a little of everything from boat restorations and repairs to managing a boatyard and working in commercial marine transportation. My work has been published in Boating on the Hudson, Offshore Magazine and DIY Boat Owner Magazine. I divide my time between working on Annabel Lee, my 32' trawler, and writing. My first novel, Last Exit In New Jersey, is now available, and I'm currently moving ahead with the second in the series, No Wake Zone.
Q. Why am I smiling?
Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts, November 11, 2007.
When I woke that morning it was 26 degrees outside, and, with no heater aboard, not much warmer in the cabin. The day before, we crossed the bay in 14 foot seas. I spent more time than I’d care to admit examining the swim platform. Half our food stayed behind in the car, the water in the holding tank tastes kind of funky and the cabin looks like a bomb went off.
A. I’m having fun! (And clearly insane.)
The crew... Rex and Moxy, ready to roll!
1977 Cheoy Lee 32' Trawler
Built in Hong Kong by Cheoy Lee Shipyards, she cruises contently at a sedate 7 knots through hell or high water, burning a mere one gallon an hour, and her 80hp Lehman diesel will run just fine on biodiesel. She draws 4.5', weighs in just under 20,000 lbs., holds 360 gallons of fuel, 200 of water, and carries full electronics. Aboard, there are V bunks forward, a head with shower, full galley with 4 burner propane stove/oven, fridge, pressurized hot & cold running water and LOTS of teak.
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Annabel Lee's predecessor, a 1978 Marshall Sanderling. A truly charming catboat and a delight to sail.
She's moored just north of our docks these days.
