Sailing vessel Resilience crosses the hazardous shallow sandbar at the mouth of Tomales Bay. Warning: The Tomales Entrance bar is dangerous and should not be attempted by boaters unfamiliar with the area.

Beth and Jim experience wildfire smoke while anchored in a remote location in their sailboat. Jim secures an N95 face mask to a computer fan to create an air filter.

August 2020 - In recent decades, humpback and blue whales have become more abundant in the waters off Central California. But this summer, concentrations of blue whales were higher than ever …

Jim and I have been helping survey blue and humpback whales off the central coast of California. Being out on the open ocean in our sailboat—in 4 to 8 foot swells—has been demanding, but exhilarating.

I was on deck testing some settings on my camera in a light rain, when a squabble between these two caught my attention.