Tag Archives: Sailing

The Beast, and the Beauty.

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Bill Kinney

Yesterday afternoon we were at anchor off Reedy Island in the Delaware, waiting for the passage of a cold front before we continued down the river toward Delaware Bay. What looked very dramatic on the approach wasn’t too bad in … Continue reading →

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Reedy Island Anchorage

Posted on July 28, 2026 by Bill Kinney

It is difficult to time the tides on the Delaware River, the Chesapeake & Delaware canal, and the Chesapeake Bay so that you can easier make the trip in one go on a slow boat. So it is nice to … Continue reading →

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When You Have Got to Move NOW!

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Bill Kinney

Yesterday a violent summer thunderstorm tore through the harbor in Rockland, Maine with wind gusts reported at 70 knots. That in and of itself is enough to give a sailor palpitations, but what happened as a result was even scarier. … Continue reading →

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Another Odd Boatyard Find

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Bill Kinney

Just wandering the boatyard I found something unusual, and–to me–a bit scary. On a trailer, a pair of 12 foot long marine drones. This is a Ghostworks MUT by Ghostworks Marine out of Michigan. Obviously marine drones have been in … Continue reading →

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Care and Feeding of the Aging Diesel Engine

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Bill Kinney

In a world where many people consider a diesel engine in a sailboat to be “old” when it has accumulated 4500 hours of operation, our Volvo TMD22 continues to run reliably with 11,000 hours. To put that into perspective, that … Continue reading →

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Easy Travel

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Bill Kinney

Sometimes, travel by sailboat is easy. Certainly this last trip from Charleston up to Annapolis was in that category. There was no bad weather, the winds were on the light side, frequently light enough that we didn’t really get a … Continue reading →

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Savannah Trip Report

Posted on May 16, 2026 by Bill Kinney

We have polished off our trip to Savannah. It is far enough inland up the Savannah river that it is a bit off our normal path. In the past we have bypassed it because access by water has been problematic. … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Adventures at Sea

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Bill Kinney

Maybe we should just stop making plans! Even when things seem simple and straightforward, something changes outside of our control. We had planned to be spending a couple weeks in Maine, but while we were in Gloucester we were contacted … Continue reading →

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Back to Gloucester

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Bill Kinney

Chicken Sailors? As we were prepping to leave Provincetown, we were chatting with the marina’s launch driver. He said that the wave forecast from the offshore hurricane had basically ended their season, everybody had cancelled their visits for the coming … Continue reading →

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Sailing to Cuttyhunk Island

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Bill Kinney

One of those New England names that are almost surely from one or another of the pre-Columbian tribal languages, but whose exact origin is murky at best. It is a small island, but one that lives large in the history … Continue reading →

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