Author Archives: Bill Kinney

A fast and fun start!

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Bill Kinney

20:00 local, 13 Sept 2019 Lat: 43 34.3’ N Lon: 64 42.8’ W Weather Clear, wind 2 knots, NE Water temperature 60F/Air temperature 63F Course 253M Distance from St Peters Canal Entrance: 205 NM Distance from Delaware Bay Entrance: 547 … Continue reading →

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And we’re off!

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Bill Kinney

Power back on, and we squeezed through the lock with three other boats. Once again, we are out in the ocean, and Harmonie gets to stretch her sea legs. We have a beautiful north northwest wind pushing us on a … Continue reading →

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Hurry up and wait!

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Bill Kinney

We got down to St Peters without problem, got our provisioning run complete, and have the boat set up and ready for offshore sailing. We are all ready to go… Unfortunately power is out in town again, so the lock … Continue reading →

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On the Move Again.

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Bill Kinney

After a hurricane passes over your boat there is one good result: Your boat is CLEAN. It basically gets a freshwater power wash for hours and hours. Yesterday we spent all day undoing all the things we did to prep … Continue reading →

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All is well

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Bill Kinney

Other than the muddy water in the harbour and leaves scattered on the ground, there is little evidence of anything having happened. It is a cool, breezy, sunny morning. Harmonie is right where we left her. All is good! Goodbye … Continue reading →

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Just waiting…

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Bill Kinney

We were talking earlier today about the “good old days” of sailing. Back when we mgiht have heard that there was a hurricane that had hit the Bahamas last week, and this morning it was a bit cloudy and breezy, … Continue reading →

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Ready!

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Bill Kinney

We are almost as ready as we will ever be. We are about 36 hours from the first touches of Dorian. Right now it is dead calm, quiet, and clear. Harmonie is settled in to a narrow shallow cut off … Continue reading →

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Stay and hide!

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Bill Kinney

Just a quick update to our storm plans. One of the nice thing about having a network of people is you get help from unexpected places. After our post about our hurricane plans we got an email from one of … Continue reading →

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Run Away!! Run Away!!

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Bill Kinney

The official NOAA Hurricane Center Forecast for Dorian out five days has the storm still at hurricane strength AND located right on top of where we are now. There is only one thing to do: Run Away! In this case … Continue reading →

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Night Skies

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Bill Kinney

Some of you might have heard that a moderate solar storm was forecast for this past weekend, which brings the Northern Lights further south than they are normally seen. Being in a place pretty far north, and quite dark, we … Continue reading →

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