Category Archives: Underway

We Shopped ’til We Dropped…

For the past five years or so of owning my old boat, boat shows really weren’t that much of an attraction for me.  I had the boat fully outfitted the way I wanted, and I was happy with all the … Continue reading

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Storm Choices.

This morning’s hurricane forecast is worse for Florida, but better for us.  So much better for us, that it looks like it is going to be a non-event here. Here are the choices that we have as a storm approaches.  We … Continue reading

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Who is driving this thing?

Like every other person on the water along the east coast, we have been watching the forecasts for Hurricane Matthew. This mornings forecast looks like it was designed by an evil genius to cause as much trouble for as many people … Continue reading

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Annapolis Arrival

A rainy day’s sail has us in downtown Annapolis.  We’ll be here for about two weeks while we explore the local area, next week’s big boat show, and get some repairs and upgrades done to Harmonie.  Hopefully the next couple of days … Continue reading

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Wake up call!

Time: 11:30 local Lat: 38º 54.7’N Log: 76º 30.6 W Selby Cove, Mayo, Maryland We thought we were far back and out of the way.  It was a small bay with room for a few boats to anchor, no marked channel. … Continue reading

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Seagull Control!

Time: 18:45 local Lat: 38º 20.2’N Log: 76º 27.6 W Solomons Island, Maryland Everybody who has a boat in or near saltwater has at one time or another done battle with seagulls. Seagulls like nothing better than to sit on boats.  Seagulls … Continue reading

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Chesapeake Cruising.

Time: 21:30 local Lat: 38º 7.4’N Log: 76º 24.1 W St. Inigoes, Maryland Another day, another beautiful anchorage.  Just up the Potomac River from where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay, we are in a tiny tributary called Smith Creek.  Bald eagle nests, … Continue reading

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The Movie Set…

Time: 18:20 local Lat: 37 50N Log: 76 16 W Reedville, VA Two short hops have brought us further up the Chesapeake Bay to the delightful anchorage in the town of Reedville, VA on Cockrell Creek.  Karen’s description of a … Continue reading

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Stranger than you can imagine…

The world of nature is strange…  by way of example is bioluminescent plankton.  If you aren’t familiar, many types of small (tiny) critters that live in the ocean glow with a green light when they are disturbed.  It is a … Continue reading

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Anchored!

Time: 21:30 local Lat: 37 32.4N Log: 76 20.2 W I wish I had something exciting to report, but not so much.  Since my last posting we alternated between motoring and sailing as the wind allowed, and cleared our way … Continue reading

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