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Stinger  – Chapter 5

Stinger – Chapter 5

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays. -Carl Sandburg STINGER: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried by Kyle Leonard Told in serialized chapters, STINGER unfolds a story of lost connections, second chances, and the quiet pull of Lake Ontario. Follow along as […]

April 13, 2025 Books
Stinger Chapter 4

Stinger Chapter 4

‘Twas grace that brought us safe thus far and grace will lead us home. -Hayley Westenra STINGER: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried by Kyle Leonard Told in serialized chapters, STINGER unfolds a story of lost connections, second chances, and the quiet pull of Lake Ontario. Follow along as each new […]

April 6, 2025 Books
Stinger: Chapter 3 – Garner collects the past

Stinger: Chapter 3 – Garner collects the past

  “If a man must be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.” – E.B. White STINGER: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried by Kyle Leonard Told in serialized chapters, STINGER unfolds a story of lost connections, second chances, and […]

March 29, 2025 Books
Stinger: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried – Chapter 2

Stinger: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried – Chapter 2

Stinger: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried – Chapter 2 Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic… –Van Morrison STINGER: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried by Kyle Leonard Told in serialized chapters, STINGER unfolds a story […]

March 22, 2025 Books, Uncategorized
STINGER: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried

STINGER: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried

STINGER: Sailor’s Past Never Stays Buried by Kyle Leonard Told in serialized chapters, STINGER unfolds a story of lost connections, second chances, and the quiet pull of Lake Ontario. Follow along as each new chapter is released on ShorelineSailboats.com, and immerse yourself in a story where the wind, the waves, […]

March 16, 2025 Books, Free
“Second Wind” a Sunfish Sailor’s Review

“Second Wind” a Sunfish Sailor’s Review

Did you sail a Sunfish? Do you still? Race one? Want to?
If you answered yes to any of these and Second Wind by Nathaniel Philbrick is a story written for you.

April 8, 2018 Books, Sunfish
Book Review: “First You Have to Row a Little Boat” by Richard Bode

Book Review: “First You Have to Row a Little Boat” by Richard Bode

A casual search of the internet will reveal a substantial amount of acclaim for Richard Bode’s autobiographical tale – First You Have to Row a Little Boat (available here: Amazon). I read the book after my wife bought it for me as a gift back in the mid 90s. The […]

August 16, 2013 Books

Video: Saving Sailing by Nicholas D. Hayes

Link to a review by Carol Standish of Nick’s book Saving Sailing – Main Harbors Saving Sailing available at Amazon Back in 2010, at about the same time that Nicholas Hayes published his book Saving Sailing I returned to active sailing after an 18 year absence from the sport. As […]

May 4, 2013 Books
New Sunfish Memoir Recounts Misadventure of a Lifetime

New Sunfish Memoir Recounts Misadventure of a Lifetime

This seems like a fantastic premiss for a story about a guy and his sunfish. It’s a story that would definitely speak to the flower-child generation. It seems rife with free spirit as can be read in the excerpts page (excerpts from “This Book is Drunk”). This story might be […]

March 1, 2013 Books