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May 15, 2020
1 min

90 to Zambo featured in Grow Magazine!

Thank you Grow Magazine and Guy Holmes for the write up on 90 to Zamboanga!

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May 12, 2020
3 min

The Dinghy to Air Bowline Incident

The most useful knot in sailing is the bowline. It is easy to tie and easy to untie even under a load. The bowline is usually the first...

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May 4, 2020
2 min

A Unique Way to Try to Stay Warm at Sea

Any sailor will tell you when you’re out at sea necessity becomes the mother of invention… at least you try anyway! One of the more...

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Apr 26, 2020
3 min

Sunday on the Boat Ramp

Summer in Stockton California is hot. It also has some of the best waterskiing in the world with over a thousand miles of inland sloughs...

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Apr 22, 2020
5 min

Thai Sticks

The first time I heard of Thai Sticks was in 1972 and it was only a rumor. I had caught wind of a story that a guy returning from Viet...

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Apr 15, 2020
3 min

The Moment

For the past two months, I had fantasized about sailing beneath the Golden Gate Bridge at dawn, smoking a giant joint, while listening to t

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Apr 10, 2020
2 min

Himalayas visible in parts of India miles away for the first time in 30 years

I came across this article while enjoying the morning and it reminded me of an incident in my travels way back when. It was 1973 and I...

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Apr 7, 2020
4 min

Self-Sufficiency

One of the biggest takeaways from my experience as a marijuana smuggler is the notion of self-sufficiency. This issue couldn't be more...

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Apr 5, 2020
4 min

Joe: July 16, 1948 - March 17, 2020

Amongst the many things we did in the 50 years that I knew Joe, we sailed together for nearly a year on a forty foot sailboat. Four of us...

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Apr 1, 2020
3 min

The Quintessential Hippy Drug Deal

One of the most unique experiences I had in my many years as a marijuana smuggler/dealer/entrepreneur was what I refer to as the...

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Mar 23, 2020
2 min

Joint Rolling for the Arthritic Boomer

Imagine being 'marooned' on a sailboat for three months in the middle of the ocean with food, water, a ton of the finest marijuana in the...

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Mar 17, 2020
3 min

Smuggler's Phone Security

Before cell phones there were pay phones. Today it's hard to find a pay phone and if you find one usually it is out of order anyway...

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Mar 12, 2020
1 min

90° on Dope Magazine

Thank you Dope Magazine! You can read the full interview by clicking here

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Feb 26, 2020
2 min

Welcome : 90 to Zambo

“Who am I and why am I here?” - Adm. James Stockdale (Independent Vice Presidential candidate) 10/13/92 Vice Presidential Debate...

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