Author Archives: Bill Kinney

What a Difference…

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Bill Kinney

What a difference two weeks makes! It hasn’t been our choice to linger in northern latitudes this long, but rather the choice of our insurance underwriter. Our old insurance carrier wanted us north of Florida until November 1st, our new … Continue reading →

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Changes…

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Bill Kinney

Amel owners, as a group, are highly suspicious of changes to design decisions made by the builder. This is a good thing, as a rule, because almost all of the decisions made by Amel in the design and construction of … Continue reading →

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The Best Sailboat Racing Team Outfits

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Bill Kinney

Every serious sailboat racing team competes on two levels. One, of course, is who’s boat is faster. The other is who can look best out on the race course. This usually consists of color coordinated foul weather gear, and such. … Continue reading →

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Fall Settles In

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Bill Kinney

The colors of autumn are beginning to tinge the trees here in eastern Maryland. For us, this can only mean one thing: Time to head south! That will happen in a few weeks, but in the meantime we are once … Continue reading →

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Until it Breaks?

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Bill Kinney

We have had a number of discussions with boat owners recently about out maintenance practices, especially around our generator, and I have been surprised by what I heard. The Issue What we were discussing was one of the scheduled maintenance … Continue reading →

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In With the New…

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Bill Kinney

We have a LOT of work going on right now, mostly electrical. Harmonie was ahead of her time when she was built, but electrical systems change quickly, and there has been a lot of water under that bridge in the … Continue reading →

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Catch and Release

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Bill Kinney

At the time of our last post we were still in Lewes, Delaware. We have moved, and are now in Annapolis, Maryland back at our favorite boatyard in the Chesapeake: Bert Jabin’s Yacht Yard. Getting here started out with a … Continue reading →

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A Whale of a Time

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Bill Kinney

We promised more fun stuff from our trip out to the Baltimore Canyon, and here it is! While pilot whales might not be the biggest, or most glamorous members of the ocean going mammal family, they are still cool! We … Continue reading →

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Out to the Canyon

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Bill Kinney

This past week we made our first real run out to fish “The Canyons” as we sailed from Lewes, Delaware out to Baltimore Canyon. I’ll bet people who live in Baltimore are more surprised than most to hear that Baltimore … Continue reading →

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So Much To Say!

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Bill Kinney

We took a trip out to the edge of the continental shelf over the past few days, and had any number of fun and exciting experiences. We’ll be writing about some of these over the next few days to keep … Continue reading →

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