About Us

Greetings and welcome. I am an Oracle Database Administrator, my wife Kay is a freelance nonfiction writer and we are both now also boat builders. You can Kay's books on the School Visits page.

 

The Chinese Junk built bases on the Junk that Marco Polo voyaged in and the basis for our tattoos. Kay's calf, "He is my sail" and Doug's forearm, "She is my rudder".

Kay and I built our current house and shop specifically for completing the submarine and then building a big sailboat that we will use for charter, diving, search and recovery, salvage, and general sailing about.

Our Tattoos

We have been married over 30 years, and the "till death do us part" portion of our vows means something to us. We actively focus on improving our marriage, we change ourselves, we use marriage counselors, we do what it takes to enjoy being married not just staying married. Given the divorce rate in our society, the rings and the vows just don't say what they once said.  But putting it on your arm; now that makes it clear that you have made a commitment. Live a life of commitment and it means even more.

"He is my sail." - The ambition, the drive, and the motivation to move forward even into a storm, but not the steady or thoughtfully chosen path, so "She is my rudder".

And yes, we are fully aware of the moral stigmas regarding tattoos.  We obviously think otherwise and suggest you consider the following.

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."  --C. S. Lewis