Sailing Family Does the ICW Five Times...Without an Inboard

Q&A With Chris Harkai on 'Water Bear'

The tight-knit crew of Water Bear.

Chris Harkai, his wife Cate and daughter Hazel have completed their fifth round-trip from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys in an engineless Westsail 32 named Water Bear. The Harkais may well be unique. It is one thing to cross oceans without power like Lyn and Larry Pardey, quite another to cover thousands of mile…