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Brother Sister Dory Story

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

Siblings don’t usually live together on a 23 foot open boat. In winter. During a pandemic. But that’s what I recently wrote about for a story I wrote for TownDock.net.

I’ve written a lot for them over the years, from a fifty-foot cruiser with pizza pan portholes to a sticky-fingered Frenchman on a boat called Primadonna. You can read the most recent story right here.

Evan and Ariana Alexay with their boat Cod in Oriental, North Carolina
Evan and Ariana Alexay and Cod: the brother, sister and boat I recently wrote about for TownDock.net. (Oriental, NC / Keith Smith photo)
Evan and Ariana Alexay, siblings living aboard their sailboat
Evan and Ariana (Keith Smith photo)

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3 Responses to Brother Sister Dory Story

  • I just finished the lost sea expedition. I really enjoyed it and love natural American history. Of course I gave the series 5 stars. Thank you. ?

    I encourage you to do more series like this. Why not travel the Mississippi River by boat from the Great Lakes to Nola? Or the original Oregon trail? I would live to see and learn more.

    Friendly advice: if this was my production; (I have some film experience) I would include more university professors as experts. And I would try to to include the natural history museums. Everyone has opinions… lol

    I live in San Diego. If you are in the south west, i can/will volunteer to help out if needed.

    Thank you,
    Matt

    • Howdy Matt. Terrific hearing from you. I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed the Lost Sea Expedition. I had to smile when you recommended a boat trip. I’ve given serious consideration to traveling the Big Muddy in a shanty boat ala Harland Hubbard (author of “Shantyboat” in case you haven’t read it). It would make a terrific documentary. As to the friendly advice to involve more university professors, that would be a great idea. If I can drive mule Polly to the Sternberg Institute to invterview Mike Everhardt, surely I could drop by Kansas State U with a wagon.
      I hope all’s well with you out San Diego-way. I have fond memories of riding my mule Woody from here (on our farm in western North Carolina) to Mission Bay. Worth the 13 months on the road for the fish tacos alone.
      Happy Adventuring.
      Bernie Harberts

      PS: Thanks so much for the review. These REALLY help get word of the series out. Unfortunately, your review did not appear. Please try again. A few words and seconds is all it takes. The link is:https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=B078T13W9P
      THANKS!

  • Hey, didn’t you make a sailboat (The “Garage Sale” if I recall correctly) that had this color scheme? Is there any relationship to the dory color scheme?

    Christian

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