About

Writer/sailor/farmer/chef/mother

The feeling of soil under her fingernails, a carrot firmly in her fist, a wooden rake ready to smooth a deep brown loam resting against her arm. A starry night and undulating seas quieting her mind and enlivening her soul during an offshore sailing journey. Her daughter leading her with a soft small hand, tugging her over pastures and through woods to find wonder in every blade of grass and minuscule valley of bark. The pop and hiss of freshly harvested vegetables and lovingly raised meat sauteed in a seasoned cast iron pan in a farmhouse kitchen.

Jenny Goff writes about what she loves. Words and images help define the world that defines her.

Jenny has sailed over 35,000 nautical miles over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and the Caribbean sea. When she was twenty-five she sailed with her partner from San Diego to New York City via the Panama Canal on their 32’ sloop. She subsequently worked on mega-yachts and sailboats up and down the eastern seaboard and Caribbean, including three wonderful years on Walter Cronkite’s ketch Wyntje. In 2016 she raced a 23’ trimaran from Port Townsend, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska, in the 2nd annual Race to Alaska (rules: no engine, no support). The crew of three women made it to the finish line in 13.5 days.

Jenny lives with her husband and small daughters on an island in the beautiful state of Washington. They raise goats, sheep, chickens, pigs and a variety of vegetables and fruit on their six-acre farmstead.

She has written about cooking, sailing, farming, & parenthood for magazines, newspapers, and internet-based media and is currently editing a novel manuscript, NORTH THROUGH THE NIGHT, about a young woman named Finney taking to the sea, falling in love with a quirky and mystical stranger, and learning how to trust her intuition and skills as anxiety and grief threaten to sink her. Unbeknownst to Finney, her mom Celine is desperately chasing her up the Pacific Northwest coast, struggling with her own demons, and wondering what it takes to keep one’s offspring safe in a chaotic and shifting world.