Category Archives: Underway

Time 0900 local Lat N 38° 12.9 Lon W 73° 26.7′ 135 miles Northeast of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay The weather forecasts and sailing models all agreed: Hold your course, stay offshore, it will change. Sure enough, that’s exactly … Continue reading →

Time 0900 local Lat N 39° 29.6′ Lon W 71° 43.3′ Yesterday morning we weighed anchor as the wind shifted toward the west, and we have been heading south since then. So far an uneventful trip. No exciting wildlife sightings, … Continue reading →

At least for a bit we get a chance to relax as Irma has taken a southerly route that will put the bulls eye on points further south. We made our first trip through the Cap Cod Canal yesterday.  Our … Continue reading →

Thursday night we were just sitting down to our dinner onboard, when we heard–very close by–the unmistakeable sound of fireworks.  While we had been relaxing below, someone had moved a pair of pyrotechnic barges into position right off the Boston … Continue reading →

We have been staying once again in the middle of the city.  As some of you know, I went to school here in Boston many, many moons ago.  The transformation of the waterfront between then and now is dramatic.  Some … Continue reading →

We checked out of Bar Harbor and sailed to Gloucester.  The sail south was really delightful.  We did do some motor sailing in light winds, but most of the way the wind was perfect and the water flat.   It … Continue reading →

Yes, that’s what we have been!  What the locals call “Summer People.” Bar Harbor has been just a beautiful place to spend several weeks in August.  The weather has been delightful.  Highs in the high 60’s and low 70’s.  Beautiful … Continue reading →

We jumped from Gloucester all the way to Mount Desert Island in Maine.  It was about a 24 hour trip, and we are now on a mooring at the Williams Shipyard in the Some Sound.  The Some Sound has the … Continue reading →

A few days ago we were anchored on the north side of Cape Ann just outside of the town of Rockport. Where the “X” is on the chart below.  A quick look at the chart, and you can see that … Continue reading →

The question is… How many lobster pots are there in New England?  They are EVERYWHERE.  Other places we have been where buoyed fishing gear was common had rules, either formal or informal, that fishing gear was not placed in marked … Continue reading →