Category Archives: Places

Sailing Entertainments

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Bill Kinney

There is no end of entertainment around boats.  Sometimes the entertainment is intentional, sometimes it is not… Learn to Sail! There are a lot of sailing schools in the world… so why exactly would I chose to learn from these … Continue reading →

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Chilling in Annapolis

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Well, if you have spent time around the Chesapeake Bay in the summer, you know that “chilling” is, in this case, strictly metaphorical!  With the heat and humidity here, we have rarely been more grateful for Harmonie’s efficient air conditioning. We … Continue reading →

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Ospreys, Bugs, Mud, and Calm

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Bill Kinney

The Chesapeake Bay is a beautiful place to have a boat.  There are thousands of miles of coastline, you could cruise here for a lifetime and still see a new anchorage whenever you wanted to. This time of year is … Continue reading →

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Bits and Pieces…

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Waiting out the weather… Regular readers of this space will have noted by now that we do a lot of waiting out the weather. We make no apologies for this, it keeps our sailing easy, fun, and safe.  A wise … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Moraine Cay.

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Moraine Cay is one of the great places in the Abacos, although not well known.  It has a tiny (three villa) seasonal resort on it that has not yet opened for the summer season. It has beautiful beaches on two … Continue reading →

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The End of the Road…

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Bill Kinney

Well, not the end of OUR road, but we are now at the very southern end of US Highway #1 that stretches up the entire length of the east coast. Only a few months ago we were anchored in Maine, … Continue reading →

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More good stuff…

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Bill Kinney

We got a lot of positive feedback from our last postings of things that worked well for us on the boat, and had requests for more.  In general, my guideline here is to only talk about things we like, use, … Continue reading →

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Martha’s Vineyard

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Bill Kinney

Just a quick stop, at a beautiful place between Martha’s Vineyard and Chappaquiddick Island.  We are here for only 36 hours, just enough to get our timing into Boston Harbor right.  Around the island it is blowing quite hard from … Continue reading →

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Escape from Waikiki

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Bill Kinney

Except for a few sailing trips, our time here on Oahu has been confined mostly to walking distance from the Ala Wai Boat Harbor in the heart of the tourist metropolis of Waikiki.  This week we rented a car and … Continue reading →

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Military Intelligence

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Bill Kinney

On a pier here in San Diego Bay that belongs to the Navy there is a stack of prefabricated offices.  The building-block structure is festooned with fancy cameras, radar antennas, and a bunch of high-tech looking stuff that must be … Continue reading →

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